Just one day after the Kings secured Los Angeles' first Stanley Cup in franchise history, Hermosa City Councilman Howard Fishman made a special announcement at the beginning of the June 12 city council meeting.
"How about those Kings?" he asked the audience, which responded with enthusiastic applause.
"I would like to see if there is a way we can get that Cup and some of our resident Kings players to come to a City Council meeting where we can officially recognize them," he said.
With the help of the Hermosa Beach Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau, it looks like Fishman's wish will come true as the Stanley Cup and Kings center Jarret Stoll will make a public appearance during a rally Monday morning at Pier Plaza in Hermosa Beach, the chamber announced Thursday.
"It is kind of unique to be able to do something here so soon after the Cup and give fans a chance to see it up close," Matt Bennett of the Hermosa Beach chamber told Patch. "The main part about the day is going to be the Cup being there for the public."
Chamber officials do not expect the event to draw the estimated 250,000 people who attended the Kings parade held three days after the championship in downtown Los Angeles. "It is not going to be like Staples ... We are not anticipating anything like that," said Bennett.
To deal with the potential crowds from the event, the Hermosa Beach Police Department is adding four extra patrol officers to its normal Monday staffing, according to Sgt. Landon Phillips.
As of Friday morning, Phillips did not know that the Stanley Cup would be driven on The Strand from Pier Plaza north to the Manhattan Beach border, but he was aware of its transport in a fire truck down Pier Avenue to Pier Plaza.
Parade plans call for the Stanley Cup to ride in a fire truck from upper Pier Avenue to Pier Plaza, where a ceremony will take place. Hermosa Beach City Council members and chamber officials will then make a presentation to Kings' player Jarret Stoll, who lives in Hermosa.
Following the presentation, Stoll will ride with the Stanley Cup in a convertible north on The Strand to the border with Manhattan Beach, according to Bennett.
As for parking, paradegoers will have to fend for themselves.
Unlike the twice-a-year Fiesta Hermosa, special parking arrangements will not be offered and parking rules will be enforced.
"Parking enforcement will be doing that [monitoring and enforcing parking rules] to the best of their ability considering the other busy-ness that they will be invaded with," said Phillips.
Pier Plaza is home to several bars and restaurants known for their popularity with young adults. Phillips said that enforcement of laws regarding public intoxication won't be any different the day of the parade.
"There won't be any difference in the enforcement of that [public intoxication], that is always done as needed," Phillips said. "The focus of the officers for this detail will be for the crowd and any security issues."
The parade won't be the first time the Cup has been in Hermosa.
Just hours after the Kings clinched the championship, players took the Cup to , a place many Kings players are known to hang out.
Last Sunday, Manhattan Beach resident and Kings player Anze Kopitar took the Cup on to the sand around First Street in Manhattan Beach, near the Hermosa border.
