Last Updated on June 17, 2010 8:48 pm by shah
Boston Crowd Control
Boston, MA – Authorities are deploying hundreds of state troopers and local police officers around Boston for crowd control.
The Celtics take on the Lakers in Los Angeles in Game 7 of the NBA finals needing a win for an unprecedented 18th championship.
Boston police are closing some streets and ordering bars not to take in new customers at the end of the third quarter of Thursday night’s game.
Some of the streets being closed are in and around the Celtics’ home court of TD Garden and around Fenway Park, where the Boston Red Sox have a home game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
State police also will have more than 100 troopers from various units staged in the city to assist Boston police, including canine, mounted, tactical and helicopter units.
Some Boston sports celebrations in the past decade have ended in tragedy, including three deaths since 2004.
Posted: 6/17/2010 8:49 PM ET