Immediately after a victory parade that is expected to attract tens of thousands of fans to downtown Los Angeles on Friday morning, a celebration event is set to be held at Dodger Stadium to cap off the team's championship season.
Metro will operate its Dodger Express to take people to Chavez Ravine for the sold-out event that will follow the parade, beginning at 12:15 p.m. Information on Dodger Express can be found at metro.net/riding/dodger-stadium-express.
Immediately after a victory parade that is expected to attract tens of thousands of fans to downtown Los Angeles, a celebration event is set to be held at Dodger Stadium to cap off the team's championship season.
According to the team, parking gates at the stadium will open at 8:30 a.m. for the Friday celebration, and the stadium entry gates will open at 9 a.m. Food and merchandise will be available for purchase. In-stadium entertainment will be offered prior to the team's arrival, including coverage of the parade on DodgerVision video boards.
"All Dodger Stadium guidelines and rules will apply to this event, including the reminder not to bring in signs, bags or any other items that aren't permitted under our policies," according to a statement from the team.
The Dodgers noted that "due to logistics, traffic and timing, fans will not be able to attend both events (the parade and the stadium celebration)."
Dodger officials said a portion of the proceeds from the stadium event will be donated to the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation, "which is tackling the most pressing problems facing Los Angeles with a mission to improve education, health care, homelessness and social justice for all Angelenos."
The celebratory events will be held on the 64th anniversary of the birth of legendary Dodger pitcher Fernando Valenzeula, who died Oct. 22.
"It's going to be emotional," Dodger manager Dave Roberts said. "Fernando was a friend of mine. I know he's smiling right now and very proud of this organization. So he's going to be missed. I'm sure it's something that he would want to have been a part of, but it's going to be emotional for all of us."
City News Service contributed to this report.
