Posted on 09/14/2020 10:12:53 AM PDT by Hojczyk
De Blasio announced that the Thanksgiving Day parade will be held virtually this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday
It will not be the same parade were used to, he said. [Macys is] reinventing the event for this moment in history
The mayor said the parade will not be live but will be available online and on TV
Macys is expected to release additional details about its plans later Monday
For the first time in nearly a century the iconic Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade will not be taking to the streets of New York City.
At a press conference on Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the parade will be held virtually this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
It will not be the same parade were used to, de Blasio said. [Macys is] reinventing the event for this moment in history. And you will be able to feel the spirit and the joy of that day.
The parade will not be live this year but viewers can watch it online and on TV, the mayor said.
He praised Macys for successfully adapting its Fourth of July fireworks display and expressed excitement for how it will reimagine the parade as well.
There are some things we still cant do, de Blasio. Were looking forward to a lot of them coming back in 2021.
For the first time in nearly a century the iconic Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade will not be taking to the streets of New York City this November (file photo)
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Monday that the parade will be held virtually this year due to the coronavirus pandemic
Macys addressed the upcoming changes in a post on its website, writing: Following our successful, safe and innovative production of Macys 4th of July Fireworks®, it is our intention to similarly reimagine Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade this November.
De Blasio said the retail giant will be releasing more details about their plans later on Monday.
Macys held its first Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1924 to mark the opening of its worlds largest store in New York City.
The parade through the streets of Manhattan quickly became a beloved American tradition with more than 3.5 million people attending and another 50 million tuning in to watch it on TV each year.
Roughly 10,000 people including 4,000 Macys employees come together to put on the parade each year.
In recent years the cost of the parade has topped $4million between balloon costs, float decorations and property taxes, according to GoBankingRates.
Last month de Blasio indicated that portions of the parade would still be held in person this year.
Some is going to be virtual, there might be some small in-person pieces, spread out pieces, its not going to look at all of course like how we are used to, he said on August 20.
Likely the most mis-educated city in America; keep voting the Marxists into power.
“Re-imagined” is essentially “transformed” - the important thing isn’t what will happen, it’s what won’t.
>>These people think theyre gods, I wish someone would hold an illegal parade on the same day with massive turn out, what an a$$whole that guy is<<
Just put “blm” on the sides of the lead car and BOOM — no parade permit needed and you have run of nyc.
They still celebrate July 4th in NYC? I thought they considered it racist.
Since NYC was formerly New Amsterdam, so perhaps the parade could hire a number of “Zwarte Piet” - the Dutch Santa’s “Moorish” helpers - to escort the parade?
Virtual events suck. They are a necessary evil for work and business and will totally flop as a voluntary, not needed event.
Way to destroy a city Mayor Warren Wilhelm Jr. (De Blasio is his assumed name)
In NYC you need to get a permit to hold an event that closed streets. Hey could probably call it a protest and hold it anyway, but the Macys parade requires even more government approval than necessary for an important reason: the NYC Dept. of Transportation has to rotate the overhead traffic signals aside at every intersection along the route in order to accommodate the giant balloons.
Proving he is incompetent to even lead a parade.
The restrictions won’t be here in November, December, January, don’t worry about it, pro-lockdown fearpers said 6 months ago.
Meanwhile...
Loot the Egyptians!!
Re virtual events so true, the ladies organizing our church retreat said theyd do a virtual one this fall...I tried not be negative but inside I was like, thats as appealing as watching a virtual garden grow...no interest.
Havent heard anything more about it. I hope they dont waste their time putting it together.
I feel sorry for the small minority of NY voters who didn’t support this chump for mayor.
That said, I hope all the people who voted for him are miserable right now.
In a separate story with possible implications here, a Federal Judge has just found all of PA Governor Wolf’s lockdown restrictions to be unconstituional.
Macy’s would be disappointed but for the fact they will be in bankruptcy before Thanksgiving.
Perfect opportunity for a peaceful OPEN UP protest on Macys parade route! NY do it!!! The mayor is only ONE EFFIN MAN!!! For gosh sakes ...DO IT!
He granted a waiver for the MTV awards. And that was inside. He should do the same for the parade.
Don’t more people go out for protests?
Also, how do you catch COVID while riding a float?
F’ing libs want to “reimagine” everything! F’em all!
Still... overall I'm really sad to see this iconic parade had to be cancelled.
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