Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced an open lottery for ecstatic New York Knicks fans to get free tickets to a Championship Ceremony at City Hall after a celebratory ticker-tape parade.
“The Knicks belong to New York City. And this championship belongs to the people who waited 53 years for it,” Mamdani wrote on X.
“That’s why we’re giving away 600 free tickets to Thursday’s Championship Ceremony at City Hall following the ticker-tape parade.”
The sweepstakes opened on Tuesday evening and will close on Wednesday at 11 a.m., the Hizzoner said. New Yorkers will know if they were randomly selected for two tickets to the ceremony on Wednesday.
The Knicks’ Championship Ceremony will take place live on the City Hall Plaza in Lower Manhattan and feature unspecified “speeches and musical performances.” Knicks players will also be awarded keys to the city.
The ceremony will kick off at noon on Thursday, two hours after a ticker-tape parade for the Big Apple to revel in the hometown team’s historic NBA Finals victory over the San Antonio Spurs.
