Eagles Parade 2018: Start Time, Live-Stream Schedule for Victory Celebration

The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the New England Patriots 41-33 Sunday night at Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis, earning their first Super Bowl title in team history and winning their first championship since 1960.

And with every championship comes a parade. Judging by the celebrations Sunday night, Philly's parade is gonna be lit.

According to the city, the parade will take place Thursday and begin at 11 a.m. ET at Broad and Pattison—near the stadium complex—and head down down Broad Street before moving to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and ending at the Art Museum.

Philly.com shared the route:

The event will be broadcast locally on NBC10 and NBC Sports Philadelphia. Live streams for the event can also be found on NBC10.com and NBCSportsPhiladelphia.com.

Thursday's parade might as well be a citywide holiday. The city's schools? Closed.

Heck, Bud Light is going to hand out free beers:

The backstory there? Star right tackle Lane Johnson said in August he'd give out a beer to everybody in Philadelphia if the team won a Super Bowl.

"I have a lot to prove to this city," he said at the time, per Tim McManus of ESPN.com. "I think if we have a few big years and make the playoffs, if we win a Super Bowl, I'm giving out beer to everybody."

Now, he's making good on his promise.

And truly, the party is ongoing:

And why not?

The Eagles ended their title drought after winning championships in 1948, 1949 and 1960. That predated the Super Bowl era, however, and the team reached just two Super Bowls (1980 and 2004) coming into the 2017 season, losing both. 

The long wait ended Sunday night, however, as Doug Pederson called a gutsy, brilliant game; Nick Foles looked as poised as his counterpart, Tom Brady; and the Eagles were remarkable on third down and fourth down, converting 12 out of 18 opportunities in those pivotal moments. 

The Eagles offered a complete offensive performance. Lost in the praise Pederson earned for his willingness to take risks—including a three-gadget-plays-in-one stroke of genius that ended with a Foles' touchdown reception—and Foles' cool and collected performance was a running game that went for 164 yards and 6.1 yards per carry.

The 2017 season will be remembered for so many reasons beyond the Super Bowl, however. The team's adversity will be its enduring trait after suffering season-ending injuries to Carson Wentz, Jason Peters, Jordan Hicks, Darren Sproles and Chris Maragos. That left the team with an underdog status heading into the postseason, and Philly loves an underdog.

If you think that Philly fans will ever forget being the underdogs at home in the playoffs—TWICE—before taking down the evil empire Patriots, winners of five Super Bowls since 2001, think again. You couldn't write a better script for Eagles fans.  

But the storylines go on. There were players like Malcolm Jenkins and Chris Long proving that athletes could have voices and be political and active in their communities and also win football games. There were the team's fantastic celebrations. General manager Howie Roseman made a number of savvy trades, signings and draft selections that rebuilt the team in two years after the Chip Kelly years ended abruptly and in disappointment.

On Thursday, Philly will celebrate it all. And it will be so, so lit.