February 10, 2025
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Residents took over Center City Sunday night after the Eagles won the Super Bowl LIX. Above, fans celebrate on top of a garbage truck.
Eagles fans flooded into Center City on Sunday night after the Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs to win Super Bowl LIX, and they stayed out celebrating until early Monday morning.
The Eagles won 40-22, earning the team its second Super Bowl title in their history, but festivities started before the game was even over.
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While there is no official crowd size estimate, the talk on social media was that even more people joined the impromptu party on Broad Street – and Market Street, the Ben Franklin Parkway and other Center City streets – than had done so after the Birds won their first Super Bowl in 2018. Smaller celebrations also took place in neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia.
In anticipation of the the scene that played out, police closed roads, restricted parking and rerouted SEPTA buses. Streets were blocked off by municipal trucks, which many fans climb upon, and mounted police provided crowd control. Some revelers ignored warnings not to scale light poles, and others knocked over at least one street light and some other street signs. There also was a fire set near 12th and Market.
But other Eagles fan expressed their joy more peacefully, chanting E-A-G-L-E-S and dancing in the streets to To $hort's "Blow the Whistle," which became an anthem the Birds' championship run.
A social media post early Friday morning by the Eagles indicates that the Philadelphia will host the traditional victory parade on Broad Street
Broad Street at Locust completely bonkers. The crowds are definitely larger than in 2018. Congratulations Philadelphia Eagles and Philadelphia. pic.twitter.com/dKZ1t5Jyep
— PhillyChitChat (@HughE_Dillon) February 10, 2025
This is the best Eagles winning the Super Bowl video of Broad Street.
— On Pattison (@OnPattison) February 10, 2025
Video: @billykyle pic.twitter.com/l7r8DT0LZp
Scenes in Philly after the Eagles win Super Bowl LIX 🤯
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) February 10, 2025
(via zaacck | IG) pic.twitter.com/WXjimiY1Ms
Can’t get to broad this is 15! pic.twitter.com/Ub6Ci9Fh28
— Evan Macy (@evan_macy) February 10, 2025
Nice lil sax serenade for the birds on Broad Street #flyeaglesfly pic.twitter.com/ar2hGzPzGR
— KYW Newsradio - NOW ON 103.9 FM! (@KYWNewsradio) February 10, 2025
You 🧢 you out Broad Street RIGHT NOW omg 😭 https://t.co/bbhKdcQS9P pic.twitter.com/qSfcfFpEWN
— Topanga Lawrence 🖤 (@MikaylaChristn) February 10, 2025
Fans were warned not to climb poles after a Temple University student died when he fell from one following the NFC Champion win. Many did anyway, but others began knocking down lampposts and traffic lights, instead.
They taking poles down and passing them around yall😩 pic.twitter.com/KDe4L7OGUz
— Sofiya Abena Ballin (@sofiyaballin) February 10, 2025
Aftermath on Market Street between Philadelphia City Hall & Macy’s. Four traffic light poles downed. A 5th is over on the other side of City Hall next to a sculpture. pic.twitter.com/HZ2tC7nXjn
— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) February 10, 2025
At one point, the crowds took over a parked moving van filled with white towels and began tossing them out to fans. They were later used for a fire outside the Hard Rock Cafe on Market Street.
Active fire at 12th and Market fueled by towels stolen from moving van that were used as confetti before being used to start a fire pic.twitter.com/R19ofNhonp
— Stephanie Farr (@FarFarrAway) February 10, 2025
But throughout the night, one fan made sure things would feel homey, no matter where the night took him.
This guy was carrying a chair so he could be comfortable wherever he goes pic.twitter.com/9SIknoCIJx
— Kristin Hunt (@kristin_hunt) February 10, 2025
NOTE: This story was updated after if was originally published.
