Cover your bases for Chiefs parade: Where bathrooms, reunification stations are on route

On Wednesday, the city will turn red in celebration of the 2023 Super Bowl Champions with a parade and rally. Before you head out to support, make sure to cover your bases and know where the restrooms, reunification stations and crosswalks are nearest to where you plan to watch from.

The parade will start at noon at the corner of Grand Boulevard and Sixth Street, near Enterprise Car Rental and Grand Slam Convenience. The parade will move south on Grand Boulevard until it gets to Pershing Road, where it will turn right and work its way to Union Station.

Parade restrooms

Bathrooms will be available along Grand Boulevard on:

• Seventh Street

• Ninth Street

• 13th Street

• Truman Road

• 18th Street

• 22nd Street.

There will also be restrooms near Union Station, Crown Center and on the lawn of the National WWI Museum and Memorial.

Reunification stations

There will be nine child reunification stations. Those will be available at the following cross streets:

• 10th and Walnut streets

• 11th and Locust streets

• 13th and McGee streets

• 16th and McGee streets

• 17th and Walnut streets

• 18th and Walnut streets

• 20th and McGee streets

• 22nd and Main streets

• Pershing Road and Grand Boulevard

Crosswalks

Parade goers should be safe when trying to cross the parade. There will be designated crosswalks for pedestrians to use. Those crosswalks will be at:

• 9th and Grand streets

• 13th and Grand streets

• Truman Road and Grand Street

• 18th and Grand streets

• 20th and Grand streets

There will also be two medical centers near Union South.

This story was originally published February 14, 2023 at 6:00 AM.

Kynala Phillips

The Kansas City Star

Kynala Phillips was a Service Journalism Reporter at The Kansas City Star, where she worked to answer readers questions about the resources and services in the community. She attended the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and is originally from Madison, Wisconsin.