Empire State Building to turn green again for Eagles if Philadelphia wins Super Bowl

Empire State Building in New York: Wow.

The iconic skyscraper’s management is shrugging off the hype over the Philadelphia Eagles’ green-and-white lighting of the building’s spire, saying they are a “global brand” independent of city loyalty, The Post has learned.

Empire State Realty Trust – who tweeted videos of headlines in The Post and other local papers denouncing blasphemy. — finds the entire controversy laughable, according to sources close to the situation.

The company told The Post on Thursday that it plans to light up the tower in Chiefs or Eagles colors to honor the winner of the Feb. 12 game.

“The Empire State Building will continue its annual practice of using a virtual scoreboard for the Super Bowl and then light up for the winning team.” This was announced by the representative of the Empire State Realty Trust.

The building’s management sees the Sunday stunt as a way to attract tourists from around the world to the Big Apple’s attractions in order to pay $79 each to visit the observation decks on the 86th and 102nd floors, a source with direct knowledge of the company’s plans told The Post. .

“They believe they are playing for the billions, not the locals,” the source said.

Indeed, insiders said management was on a winning lap after a January 29 building tweet titled “Fly Eagles Fly” showing the building lit up in Philadelphia’s color after the San Francisco win hit 45 million views and countless views on Instagram and TikTok. The building remained lit with green and white light for several hours until the LED display switched to red and white for the Kansas City Chiefs after their AFC title game victory.

Management sparked similar outrage in 2018 when they lit up the building with green and white lights—this time for just 30 minutes—after the Eagles defeated the even more despised Tom Brady and the New England Patriots to lift the Lombardi Trophy.

However, the company did not shine with the red and white colors of the Boston Red Sox when they won the World Series later that year. Ditto for the Houston Astros, scarred by cheating after they won the Fall Classic last November.

The Empire State Realty Trust declined to comment on the outrage when the message reached it.

According to the source, about five years ago, the company began lighting the upper floors of the tower with the colors of sports champions. Last month, the building shone with the red and white of the NCAA football championship-winning Georgia Bulldogs. He also regularly awards various shades of New York sports teams, even if they lack a title.

The Empire State Realty Trust has also used the light show for various non-sporting events such as the Lunar New Year’s red coloring. The building also recently hosted an event attended by Chinese actress Mengjie Jiang as the firm seeks to bolster its global footprint.

Another tribute to the Eagles on February 12 will not please Mayor Eric Adams and other New York City officials. On Tuesday, Adams said the Empire State Building should not have honored the New York Giants’ archenemy.

“It eluded us,” he said, speaking to CNN. “Unfortunately, no one received the note at the Empire State Building.”

New York Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch tweeted, “To anyone who finds this as treacherous, treacherous and unforgivable as we are – just pretend it’s green and white for #NewYorksStrongest.”

“We take out the trash every day… and next year that will include the Eagles.”

The Tisch family co-owns the Giants, who lost to the Eagles on January 22 in the divisional round 38-17.