Updated June 18, 2026, 6:56 AM EDT By NBC News What we know about the paradeThe New York Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Saturday night. The team is getting its first-ever ticker-tape parade after a 53-year title drought. The 1970 and 1973 championship teams did not get ticker-tape parades for unknown reasons.The parade starts at Bowling Green in downtown Manhattan at 10 a.m. It will then move up Broadway until it reaches City Hall, where the championship ceremony will be held at 12 p.m. Anyone is welcome to watch the parade for free, and no tickets are required. Fans can start claiming their spots along the route at 6 a.m. No bags are allowed. Spectators also cannot bring glass and metal bottles, weapons, chairs, drones or pets. The whole team is expected to be there, as is coach Mike Brown. The NYPD said it is deploying more than 10,000 officers — the largest planned deployment for an event, according to a spokesperson. 4m ago / 6:56 AM EDTPhoto: Fans eagerly await the KnicksCrowds gather for the New York Kicks' victory parade in Manhattan this morning.Amina Kilpatrick / NBC News4m ago / 6:56 AM EDTParade weather forecastThe New York City mayor's office has said that if the weather gets too bad, the parade will be rescheduled, but so far, it's shaping up to be a nice enough day. Parade weather will feature quite variable conditions, with a shower threat in the morning and a scattered thunderstorm threat in the afternoon.It won’t be raining for most of the parade, but the chance for a scattered shower or thunderstorm does exist.4m ago / 6:56 AM EDTThe parade starts at 10 a.m. at Bowling Green in Lower Manhattan. It will travel up Broadway, through the Canyon of Heroes, until it reaches City Hall.At City Hall, Mayor Zohran Mamdani will present the team with keys to the city. 4m ago / 6:56 AM EDTWhat is a ticker-tape parade? The ticker-tape parade is a long-standing tradition unique to New York City, dating to the dedication of Lady Liberty in 1886. While paradegoers marched through downtown, there was no confetti raining over the city. Instead, scraps of ticker tape — ribbons of paper historically used to print real-time stock market data by telegraph — were used, and the parade got its name. Those who worked in Wall Street offices around the parade route have been known to throw the paper scraps out of the windows and down over the city as part of the celebration. 0NBC NewsNBC NewsRebecca Cohen contributed.