LOL! N.Y Roasts The Empire State Building For Flashing Eagles Green!!
One of New York City’s most iconic buildings may have lost some of its status on Sunday night after lighting up in the colors of the New York Giants’ biggest rival — the Philadelphia Eagles. The building was illuminated in green and white on Sunday to honor the Eagles after they won the NFC title and secured a spot in Super Bowl LVII.
On the official account for the building, there was a photo posted of the top section shining bright in green along with the caption: “Fly @Eagles Fly!
“We’re going Green and White in honor of the Eagles NFC Championship Victory.”
Fly @Eagles Fly! We’re going Green and White in honor of the Eagles NFC Championship Victory. pic.twitter.com/RNiwbCIkt7
— Empire State Building (@EmpireStateBldg) January 29, 2023
The display has angered some New Yorkers, who saw the city’s Giants eliminated from the playoffs last week by the Eagles, and the Jets implode during the regular season to miss out on the postseason.
Taking to Twitter, many questioned the thinking behind the lighting with one writing: “‘Here’s an idea… Let’s make our own city genuinely angry at us!’ – The Empire State Building marketing team”
Another was not impressed, tweeting: “This has to be a joke. A terrible one at that.”
A third referenced an iconic movie moment, replying to the original post: “King Kong should have destroyed you.”
While a fourth queried: “Did you guys get hacked?”
Later, the Empire State Building was looking resplendent in red as it honored AFC Champions Kansas City Chiefs, who beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in the Championship game.
That hurt us more than it hurt you.
We’re now lit for the @chiefs in honor of their AFC Championship Win pic.twitter.com/t0tExEievk
— Empire State Building (@EmpireStateBldg) January 30, 2023
In a sly response to the reaction to the building turning green for Philly, a photo of it in red was captioned: “That hurt us more than it hurt you. We’re now lit for the @chiefs in honor of their AFC Championship Win.”
The change in color didn’t spark a change in attitude towards the gesture, with a New York Giants podcast slamming the building’s marketing team, tweeting in reply: “Just shut the f*** up.”
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