A spring blizzard is coming to downtown Winnipeg and where exactly it will hit — and how many streets it will shut down — will be announced Wednesday.
The Winnipeg Jets punched their ticket to the Stanley Cup playoffs last week after dropping the Calgary Flames 5-2.
Now it’s time for Whiteout Street Party plans to be unveiled.
Whenever the Jets play a home game in the playoffs, frenzied fans clad in white outfits — from T-shirts and jerseys, to painter’s coveralls and some outrageously creative outfits — pack the downtown arena and streets around it to cheer their team.
A press conference outlining plans for the 2024 whiteout is schedule for noon with Premier Wab Kinew, Mayor Scott Gillingham, and Kevin Donnelly of True North Sports and Entertainment, which owns the Jets.
Michael Richardson, head of United Way Winnipeg, is also on the bill. In recent years, True North has charged fans who want to attend the official whiteout events, in order to maintain control over crowd size.
Money raised from the tickets was then passed on to the United Way to distribute to charities focused on addiction, homelessness and mental health.