# Washington DC Stanley Cup Parade **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 12, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-dc-stanley-cup-parade/815972 "2018-06-12T16:05:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-dc-stanley-cup-parade/815972/1 "2018-06-12T16:05:41Z")
Our office is along the parade route. Most of the government employees in my office are teleworking. As a contractor, I have no such luxury, so I am in the office, mostly answering phone calls from people amazed to learn I am physically in the office. The crowd of people forming up to watch this parade has been flowing past our office as wide as the broad sidewalks of DC can hold, dense and continuous, for over FOUR SOLID HOURS. For a “work day,” or at least a non-inauguration day, this is a huge crowd for this area. The mood of the crowd seems light. The Cup has not appeared yet, but most of the people on the street seem to have an “At least I’m not working” casualness about them, and may not even be hockey fans. Getting home tonight will be bad. The parade ends one half an hour before I leave work, and actually touches the Metro station entrance i use to get home. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-dc-stanley-cup-parade/815972/2 "2018-06-12T16:15:21Z")
My wife works over by the Capitol. She is not amused. Will be even less amused when she tries to drive home at 230. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-dc-stanley-cup-parade/815972/3 "2018-06-12T17:16:20Z")
When is it supposed to wrap up? 3ish? Metro wasn’t much different from usual this morning. Just redder. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-dc-stanley-cup-parade/815972/4 "2018-06-12T17:23:18Z")
330 I think. I’m sure the crowd will start to disperse before then. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-dc-stanley-cup-parade/815972/5 "2018-06-12T17:47:36Z")
So many red shirts! It’s like the worst “away team” in Star Trek history. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-dc-stanley-cup-parade/815972/6 "2018-06-12T18:13:13Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > 330 I think. I’m sure the crowd will start to disperse before then. ::snickers:: Really? You think that? Watching it on CNN; the Mall looks packed. This crowd is going to be mostly locals, meaning they won’t walk a block to their hotel. They’re all either driving or taking the Metro. It will be sardine city thru rush hour. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-dc-stanley-cup-parade/815972/7 "2018-06-12T23:18:52Z")
So? How was the commute? All my least favorite journeys on Metro have been tied to sporting events. The worst was going to a Nats-Red Sox game on the Red Line on a weekday night. Sold out game, and it was the day after that horrific crash outside Fort Totten that killed 9 people, so the trains were running really slow and on manual mode. We were so tightly packed I thought I was going to get compression asphyxia. Second worst was leaving RFK the day David Beckham came with the LA Galaxy. 55,000 people showed up. I think we ended up deliberately going in the wrong direction for a few stops in order to then switch sides and try to get on a train before everyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-dc-stanley-cup-parade/815972/8 "2018-06-12T23:30:11Z")
My daughter had her Middle School graduation at 10:00 AM for some reason, and afterward, I had plans to head to the Metro and go on into work. Until every parking spot in every Metro station was filled. I hope DC never wins another championship in any sport ever! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-dc-stanley-cup-parade/815972/9 "2018-06-12T23:43:48Z")
Ovi was hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-dc-stanley-cup-parade/815972/10 "2018-06-13T00:07:28Z")
No problems. One person told me they had to to wait because a blue line train was too full. But this was approaching 6p. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-dc-stanley-cup-parade/815972/11 "2018-06-13T00:42:53Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I hope DC never wins another championship in any sport ever! You don’t happen to own a goat, do you? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-dc-stanley-cup-parade/815972/12 "2018-06-13T00:51:03Z")
To be fair, this is the first major sports championship Washington has won since 1992. That’s a long drought. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-dc-stanley-cup-parade/815972/13 "2018-06-13T01:08:20Z")
There was less traffic than usual going north from the area around Union Station at 3:30. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-dc-stanley-cup-parade/815972/14 "2018-06-13T14:09:37Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > You don’t happen to own a goat, do you? I do not. Plus, I’m missing the reference. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-dc-stanley-cup-parade/815972/15 "2018-06-13T14:42:49Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I do not. Plus, I’m missing the reference. [Curse of the Billy Goat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Billy_Goat) ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-dc-stanley-cup-parade/815972/16 "2018-06-13T15:27:46Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [Curse of the Billy Goat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Billy_Goat) Ah, I see, thanks! But no, I don’t own a goat 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-dc-stanley-cup-parade/815972/17 "2018-06-13T16:33:16Z")
My commute home was terrible, but it had nothing to do with the Capitals. Train wasn’t crowded, just late for “schedule adjustments,” causing me to miss my bus. The next bus was 15 minutes late – and it runs every 18 minutes, so that’s pretty late. net result was 40 minutes longer than usual getting home, but none of it related to the event, just run-of-the-mill incompetence. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-dc-stanley-cup-parade/815972/18 "2018-06-13T18:30:54Z")
The Caps haven’t stopped drinking since Ovi raised the Cup. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-dc-stanley-cup-parade/815972/19 "2018-06-13T19:11:06Z")
I didn’t really have any problem getting home on Metro yesterday (at about 4 PM) – a few more boisterous and mildly inebriated hockey fans than usual, but that was it. No delays and no overwhelming crowds. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-dc-stanley-cup-parade/815972/20 "2018-06-13T20:29:34Z")
My wife called from Memorial bridge to bitch about the traffic around 9:00 am. She was on that rickety old thing for a long time. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washington-dc-stanley-cup-parade/815972.md?page=2)