Ticker-tape parades were a way to celebrate those people at the head of significant events, as well as events themselves (for example, presidential candidates, end of wars, heads of state like the ...

New York Liberty has become the latest sports team to be honored with a ticker-tape after winning the WNBA championship for the first time in league history. The last group of athletes that ...

Into the 1960s, ticker-tape parades began to be viewed as disruptive and routine, so after Mayor John Lindsay took office in 1966, they were only reserved for special occasions.

Ticker-tape parades have been a tradition in Manhattan for over 130 years, starting with the grand opening of the Statue of Liberty in 1886. Ticker tape was a one-inch ribbon of paper punched by a ...

A ticker-tape parade for the Liberty will cap a banner year for the WNBA, which has seen a big boost in TV viewership as rookie Caitlin Clarke stoked massive interest in the league.

The ticker-tape parade is the first in history to celebrate a local women’s sports team, and is the first in over a decade to honor a local sports team at all after 2012’s New York Giants ...

New York Liberty team members celebrate their first WNBA Championship win with a ticker tape parade on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in New York City. Fans of the basketball team lined up along ...