A Bunch Of People Came Up With $25K So UConn Basketball Players Can Ride On Parade Floats After All

Yesterday, Mike Zaleski, executive director of the Hartford Business Improvement District, said if he couldn't get his fingers wrapped around $25K by Friday, there would be no parade to commemorate the victors of one of the worst college-basketball championship games in the history of round objects. Fine, he didn't insult the Huskies in such a fashion, but facts is facts and Zaleski needed fifty large to pull the extravaganza off.

Well today, Zaleski didn't have to worry about breaking oh so many hearts. Nineteen "sponsors" ranging from Billy Carlson Heating and Air Conditioning to Hartford Steam Boiler cracked open their wallets at an average of $1,315.79 a pop.

Zaleski said that a little more than half of the cost of the event is for Hartford's police and public works departments. About 10 percent will be for the Capitol Police, 7 percent for staging for the rally, 3 to 4 percent for insurance, 3 to 4 percent for signs and banners and the remainder for confetti, public relations, parade unit planning, setup and breakdown and miscellaneous items.

So yeah, there will be $1,500 worth of signs and banners in Hartford on Sunday.

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UConn Basketball Parade Will Go On [Hartford Courant]

Either Somebody Comes Up With $25K By Friday Or UConn's Championship Parade Is Off [Deadspin]

Absolute Beatz [YouTube]