PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Everywhere you looked in Philly on Sunday, there was green. The city was already abuzz all day long but became electrified after the Eagles dominated the Chiefs 40-22 in Super Bowl LIX, bringing home another championship title for the second time in franchise history.
Thousands swarmed the streets, from Center City to the Northeast, jumping, cheering and chanting for their beloved Birds.
The party on Broad Street brought out some seriously devoted fans — some, of course, taking to light poles, setting off fireworks or just making their own kind of music.
“It’s just exciting and it’s great for the neighborhood,” said another fan in the Northeast. “It’s good for the local economy, especially after the plane crash last week. It just gives you a good feeling. [The crash] was so sad and so tragic and so frightening that a couple of blocks from here, and now you have this and it’s such an uplifting thing.”
Many are now looking forward to the big parade throughout the city later this week.
“I get to live to see two Super Bowls in my lifetime,” said one fan near Frankford and Cottman avenues, “so if I die tonight, I die happy — not that I want to, but I’d die a happy girl.”
The date of the celebratory parade has not yet been announced.