Rattlers to celebrate title with parade

PHOENIX -- The 2014 ArenaBowl champion Arizona Rattlers will host a parade and press conference for fans and media in downtown Phoenix on Wednesday to celebrate their third-straight ArenaBowl title.

The players, coaching staff, Sidewinders dancers and mascot Stryker will be available to sign autographs and take photos with fans following the parade and press conference.

The parade will begin at 4 p.m. on 1st Street and Madison Avenue, heading west to Central Avenue then turning north. The parade will then head east on Van Buren Street and turn south onto 1st Street and will conclude at the US Airways Center pavilion for the ArenaBowl press conference.

ArenaBowl XXVII marked the Rattlers' ninth appearance in the AFL championship game, where they earned ArenaBowl titles in 1994, 1997, 2012, 2013 and 2014.