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Empire State Building celebrates wins from Eagles, Chiefs

Updated Jan. 29, 2023 10:44 p.m. ET

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The Empire State Building has a long history of lighting up in certain colors to celebrate events in sports or otherwise.

But the Eagles winning the NFC Championship?

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The building did just that after Philadelphia punched its ticket to the Super Bowl with a 31-7 win over the 49ers on Sunday. Not only are Philadelphia and New York longtime sports rivals, but the Eagles eliminated their hated NFC East foes, the New York Giants, from the playoffs just last week.

Yet there was the Empire State Building on Sunday night, lighting up green and white and confirming on its official Twitter account that the color choice was indeed because of the Eagles.

New Yorkers were less than thrilled as the lighting quickly went viral on social media.

The Eagles will play the Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII on Feb. 12, only on FOX and the FOX Sports App. The Empire State Building actually switched its lightning to red moments after the Chiefs' win, too. 

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