All you need to know about Newcastle United Celebrations

The highly anticipated open-top bus parade will take place on Saturday 29th March.

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00:00Newcastle City Centre is expected to be very busy come Saturday as Newcastle United football

00:07fans are lining the streets for the highly anticipated Open Top Bus Parade, followed

00:12by further celebrations at the Town Moor. Fans hoping to partake in the Town Moor celebrations

00:17were asked to register their interest and are now receiving their tickets via email.

00:22The distribution is being conducted in phases and all tickets are expected to be issued

00:26by Thursday evening at 5pm. However, it's important to note that registering interest

00:31doesn't guarantee a ticket. Thankfully, the Open Bus Parade was confirmed on Monday, allowing

00:37everyone to take part in this historic celebration. I caught up with Ben Whitfield from NE1 to

00:42find out more about the event and why people should head into the city to celebrate together.

00:49We're here, we're on the route. This is adjacent to where the parade will go past on Saturday,

00:54hopefully with thousands of people lining the route and waving to the players. It's

00:59going to be a short one from the stadium along this way to the Town Moor, but lots of space

01:04for people to gather, lots of space for people to see their heroes and really let them know

01:08how much it means to the city. I just think it's such a once in a generation event. It's

01:13something that people will always remember, you know, where you were the day the whole

01:17city came together to celebrate. We've seen the scenes from other cities and other countries

01:21when things like this happen. It's so unique. I think everybody should want to be a part

01:26of it. I think it's something that you'll remember forever.

01:31The parade will begin at 4.30pm, starting from St James's Park. The bus will travel

01:36down Gallowgate, turn onto Percy Street, proceed along the B1318 towards Gospath and conclude

01:42at the Town Moor. To facilitate the parade, the following roads including Barrack Road,

01:48Gallowgate, St James's Boulevard, Percy Street, Blackidge Street, Barras Bridge, St Mary's Place and Newbridge Street Westbound

01:56will all be closed between 4pm and 6pm.

02:01I think make the most of it. We've waited so long for something like this to happen.

02:05Who knows how long we might wait for it to happen again. Really, you know, put you back

02:10into celebrating. Come in early, stay late after the event, book ahead if you can. We're

02:16hearing that a lot of places are getting very busy. But yeah, don't let it pass you

02:20by. Come and be part of the celebrations. Come into the city and just feel this sort

02:25of wave of celebration wash over you this weekend.

02:28There are so many reasons. It's fantastic in terms of how the city looks from outside,

02:34the pictures that will be beamed around the world of everybody celebrating. But I think

02:39more importantly than that, on a ground level, it's going to be a huge day for businesses.

02:43I think businesses will feel a tremendous uplift and they'll be able to give people

02:47the experience that really sort of sears this event in their memory. It's not just the event

02:51on the Town Mall, not just the parade, but it's what you do before and it's what you

02:54do after and it's what time you finally get home.