The City of Philadelphia has started a massive clean-up after Eagles fans stormed the streets, broke windows, and took down light poles. After the Philadelphia Eagles won Super Bowl LII, fans took to the streets to celebrate the team’s first-ever victory in franchise history.
On Sunday night and early Monday morning, crowds flipped over a car, set another vehicle on fire, took down and climbed light poles, smashed windows, scaled City Hall with a keg, and littered streets with beer cans and other debris. The Philadelphia Inquirer also reports that between “Everything is free” chants, several fans looted a gas station.
Philadelphia has now started cleaning up. Photos on social media show some of the morning-after mess.
Trucks are sweeping the streets.
Traffic signs are now lying on their sides.
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Candy bars and trash surround the gas station in these photos by Philly Inquirer reporter Michael Boren:
Next to City Hall, crews shoveled glass after fans broke a Macy’s window.
A few planters lie on their sides in the video below:
And in the photo below, a worker scrubs graffiti off a bus stop:
Rowdy post-Super Bowl celebrations aren’t unusual.
Over the years, there have been reports of fans igniting cars, partying in the streets, smashing windows, overturning cars, and in some cases, causing hundreds of dollars-worth of damage in both winning and losing cities around the United States.
Tech: Photos show what Philadelphia looks like the morning after the Super Bowl
