Feb 7, 2018; Philadelphia, NJ, USA; Eagles cheerleaders wave to fans while on their trip to the Art Museum during the Eagles Super Bowl Parade. Mandatory Credit: Justin Odendhal/Courier-Post via USA TODAY NETWORK
The city isn't saying anything, because they don't want to jinx it, but a lot of people want to know when the hypothetical Super Bowl championship parade would take place so they can take off of work to be part of the celebration.
But no matter when the city schedules the possible parade, the coming weather could mess with the planning.
There are two swaths of snow expected next week. A lighter snow event on Monday and a bigger event that could bring a more significant total overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning.
The city will be sure to monitor those storms, but it's possible a potential parade could be shifted to later in the week - say Thursday or even Friday - if the weather doesn't cooperate.
A parade would likely follow a similar route as it did in 2018 when hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets on Broad Street from South Philly to Center City and the up Benjamin Franklin Parkway to the steps of the art museum, where Jason Kelce gave his famous speech, clad in a Mummer's costume.
The reason city officials aren't saying anything yet goes back to Super Bowl XXXIX when the parade information was announced in the Philadelphia Inquirer in advance of the game.
Then-New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick used it as pre-game fodder to get his team focused, and the Eagles eventually lost to the Patriots, 24-21.
The city doesn't want a repeat of that omen 20 years later, so they're keeping plans under wraps for the time being.
