Saturday, October 23, 2010

Some 375,000 turn out for Penguins victory parade in Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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Captain Sidney Crosby thanked the crowd for its support throughout a season that had a rocky start forthe team. "You deserver to be called the cityof champions," Crosbyy said. "You deserve the Stanley Cup." Penguins' forwar d Max Talbot, who scored both goals in Game 7 of the Stanle y Cup Finals to defeat the Detriot RedWingds 2-1 on Friday, got out of the car he was travelingg in to high-five some fans alonyg the parade route. According to Pittsburgh the estimated attendance for the paradewas 375,000, if correct, would mean a larger turnout than for the Superbowol parade.
Police registered two arrests durinfgthe parade, one for disorderly conduc and one for sales of T-shirts without a A few people were treated for temperatures hovered near 80 degrees during the parade. Police expected streets closed during the parade to be reopenee to rush hour trafficlatedr Monday. Check out our photl slideshow from Monday's parade. All photos by Pittsburggh Business Times photographerJoe Wojcik.

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