CLEVELAND (AP) — While playing in Miami, LeBron James regretted not winning an NBA title in Cleveland.
“I wish I could have won one there,” he told the AP in 2012 before a practice with the U.S. Olympic team at the London Games. “I could only imagine how the parade would have been down East 9th Street.”
He’s about to find out.
Cleveland is throwing a parade that’s been on hold for 52 years.
On Wednesday, hundreds of thousands of fans are expected to line downtown streets to celebrate James and the Cavaliers winning the NBA title and giving the city its first major professional sports championship since 1964.
The city will be well prepared, and the large crowd will serve as a dress rehearsal for next month’s Republican National Convention, which will be held at Quicken Loans now undergoing a makeover.