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Warriors victory parade to be held in Oakland on Friday. Updated 10:45 pm, Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Ben Pechetti of Redwood city holds a cutout of Steph Curry before the start of an NBA Finals Game 6 Warriors Watch Party at Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA Tuesday, June 16, 2015.
Per the team's website, fans can line up for the parade as early as 5 a.m. After all, this parade was 40 years in the making. Oakland and the Bay Area are going to be partying, folks, and given how good the Warriors were this season, it may simply be the first postseason party of many to come in the foreseeable future.