Please plan your route accordingly. The parking lot always fills up very fast as the Skatium does not block it off for the game. Car pool when possible.

FORT MYERS -
Several roadways will be closed in and around downtown Fort Myers on Saturday for the annual Grand Parade that is part of the Edison Festival of Light.

The closures will begin at 5 p.m. The 5K Run will start at 5:45 p.m., followed by the parade – which will begin at 7 p.m.

Those who wish to attend are encouraged to arrive in downtown before 5 p.m. People not attending are advised to find an alternate route (the Edison Bridge, Fowler Street, Evans Avenue and Veronica Shoemaker Boulevard.)

Here is the full list of closures:

Cleveland Avenue between Hanson Street and Main Street
Edwards Drive, closed from Friday at 7pm
Bay Street between Heitman Street and Lee Street
First Street between Fowler Street and Lee Street
Main Street between Cleveland Avenue and Jackson Street
Monroe Street between Main Street and Edwards Drive closed at 7 a.m.*
Heitman Street from Bay Street to Edwards Drive closed at 7 a.m.*
Broadway Avenue between Second Street and Bay Street
Hendry Street between Main Street and Edwards Drive, closed from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m.**
Jackson Street between Edwards Drive and Edison Avenue
Cortez Avenue between Del Rio Drive and Llewellyn Drive closes at 4pm
Llewellyn Drive between Cortez Avenue and Cleveland Avenue
Union Street from Hendry Street to Central Avenues
Liberty Street from Hendry Street to Central Avenue
Widman Way from Broadway Avenue to Jackson Street
Hoople Street between Jackson Street and Central Avenue
Crawford Street between Jackson Street and Central Avenue
Lafayette Street between Jackson Street and Central Avenue
Royal Palm Avenue between Bay Street and Thompson
Lee Street between Edwards Drive and Thompson/Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard between Fowler Street and Heitman Street
The ramp off of the Caloosahatchee Bridge into downtown Fort Myers and the southbound lanes of traffic will be diverted onto McGregor Boulevard.
The downtown boat ramp