{"id":1828162,"date":"2023-01-30T00:19:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T05:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1828162"},"modified":"2023-01-30T00:20:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T05:20:23","slug":"new-yorkers-mad-after-empire-state-building-honors-philadelphia-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-yorkers-mad-after-empire-state-building-honors-philadelphia-eagles\/","title":{"rendered":"New Yorkers Mad After Empire State Building Honors Philadelphia Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-yorkers-mad-after-empire-state-building-honors-philadelphia-eagles%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1828162&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>The Philadelphia Eagles locked up the National Football Conference (NFC) championship on Sunday, clinching a spot in the upcoming Super Bowl LVII \u2014 and someone at the Empire State Building thought that was cause for celebration.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of the Eagles&#8217;, the iconic tower was lit in green-white. A Twitter announcement announced the change in lighting. \u201cFly @Eagles\u00a0Fly! We\u2019re going Green and White in honor of the Eagles NFC Championship Victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eagles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Eagles<\/a> Fly! We\u2019re going Green and White in honor of the Eagles NFC Championship Victory. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RNiwbCIkt7\">pic.twitter.com\/RNiwbCIkt7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Empire State Building (@EmpireStateBldg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmpireStateBldg\/status\/1619837289701711872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But for some New Yorkers, the pain of their Giants losing to the Eagles only a week earlier was a bit too fresh for such celebrations \u2014 and they took to Twitter to voice their complaints.<\/p>\n<p>Jesuit priest James Martin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesMartinSJ\/status\/1619907840147353600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comment<\/a>, \u201c#FlyEaglesFly! But I wouldn\u2019t want to be the New Yorker responsible for this. They love their @Giants\u00a0here! Yesterday, I walked into my neighborhood gym wearing my\u00a0@Eagles\u00a0hat, and the guy behind the desk said, \u2018They are going to LOSE tomorrow! LOSE!\u2019 Then he said hello.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t wait to read the full oral history of this tweet,\u201d Chris Hayes is the MSNBC host <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrislhayes\/status\/1619896383804424192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Additional<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An ex-U.S. Congressman \u2014 and gubernatorial candidate \u2014 Lee Zeldin (R-NY) weighed in as well, saying, \u201cPlease tell me this is because someone\u00a0who controls the Empire State Building lost a tremendously stupid bet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please tell me this is because someone\u00a0who controls the Empire State Building lost a tremendously stupid bet. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vYSRJzfXW3\">https:\/\/t.co\/vYSRJzfXW3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lee Zeldin (@leezeldin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leezeldin\/status\/1619893790650822656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcuse me. Did they move the Empire State Building to Philadelphia? This is just wrong,\u201d ESPN reporter Jordan Raanan <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JordanRaanan\/status\/1619886093016645632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Remarks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Justin Brannan, New York City Councilman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinBrannan\/status\/1619873526332407808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposed<\/a> \u201cA Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to this never happening again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New York City Sanitation Department <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCSanitation\/status\/1619861635073740801\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Added their thoughts<\/a>, saying, \u201cFor anyone who finds this as treacherous, traitorous, and unforgivable as we do \u2013 just pretend it\u2019s green and white for #NewYorksStrongest. We take out the trash every day \u2026 and next year, that\u2019ll include the Eagles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow are we going to explain this to all of the other buildings. They looked up to you,\u201d @NYCBuildings <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYC_Buildings\/status\/1619856188740636672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Additional<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Empire State Building lit another lamp in honor of the Kansas City Chiefs, shortly after they won the American Football Conference (AFC), championship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat hurt us more than it hurt you,\u201d The tweet was apparently about the backlash against green-and-white lighting. \u201cWe\u2019re now lit for the @chiefs in honor of their AFC Championship win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It hurts us more than it hurts you. <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re now lit for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chiefs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@chiefs<\/a> In honor of their AFC Championship win, a href=&#8221;https:\/\/t.co\/t0tExEievk&#8221;>pic.twitter.com\/t0tExEievk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Empire State Building (@EmpireStateBldg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmpireStateBldg\/status\/1619894608275869697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2023<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philadelphia Eagles locked up the National Football Conference (NFC) championship on Sunday, clinching a spot in the upcoming Super Bowl LVII \u2014 and someone at the Empire State Building thought that was cause for celebration. 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