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The Valkyries' first championship parade draws an estimated 400,000 fans to San Francisco

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The Golden State Valkyries brought their first WNBA title to San Francisco's Embarcadero on Wednesday, with an estimated 400,000 fans on hand. The team won by beating the Atlanta Dream in a decisive Game 7 on Halloween night, and Gabby Williams was named Finals MVP.

400,000fans estimated at the Valkyries' championship parade

That's the estimate for Wednesday's parade along the Embarcadero.

Source: USA TODAY

The parade was scheduled to run from noon to 2 p.m. Players took a ferry from Oakland, then rode violet double-decker buses and threw beads as fans chanted "GSV, GSV, GSV." Roween Nacionales, who traveled from Roseville, called it "Surreal, crazy, fantastic."

The parade was scheduled to run from noon to 2 p.m.

The Embarcadero, San Francisco

Midnight6 a.m.Noon6 p.m.noonto 2 p.m.
  • noon to 2 p.m.Parade along the Embarcadero
Starts
Ferry Building near Mission St.
Ends
King and 2nd streets

Source: CBS San Francisco

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WhenWhat
noon to 2 p.m.Parade along the Embarcadero
StartsFerry Building near Mission St.
EndsKing and 2nd streets
  • Fans could line up along the route at 9 a.m.
  • Mayors: Oakland's Barbara Lee and San Francisco's Daniel Lurie

“I can't even express how amazing it was to finish off this Finals series in front of them in Ballhalla, to celebrate everything we've poured into each other to become Champions.”

Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase

Sources: CBS San Francisco, USA TODAY

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