Organizers for the NCAA champion UConn women’s basketball celebration in Hartford have succeeded in raising $55,000 to cover the costs of the 2016 championship parade and rally on Sunday from a variety of local businesses.
The parade will step off at 1 p.m. at the Connecticut State Capitol Building and will be followed at approximately 1:30 p.m. by a rally on Trumbull Street in front of the XL Center.
The following businesses are contributing funds to the 2016 celebration: Webster Bank; Mohegan Sun; The Travelers Companies Inc.; Eversource; CT Lottery; The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company; Bank of America; Moe’s Southwest Grill; ProHealth Physicians; The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.; Aetna; Frontier Communications; Virtus Investment Partners; and SNY.
As in past years, this event is produced by the Hartford Business Improvement District in collaboration with the State of Connecticut and the City of Hartford, and a number of civic and business organizations.
Parade and rally organizers raised the $55,000 in private donations and business sponsorships in two days to finance the festivities. No state or city funding is used.
The following are providing substantial in-kind services: The Hartford Courant; American Medical Response | AMR; Peter Pan Bus Lines; XL Color; Manafort Brothers; XL Center; and New Country BMW of Hartford.
The 2016 parade route begins at the State Capitol building on the corner of Trinity Street and Elm Street. It proceeds north on Trinity Street, goes through the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Arch, turns right onto Jewell Street, turns left onto Trumbull Street, and ends at the intersection of Asylum and Trumbull streets, just steps away from where the rally will be held in front of the main entrance of the XL Center.
