After the Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history, fans in the city stormed the streets to celebrate.
On Sunday night and early Monday, crowds flipped over a car, set another vehicle on fire, took down and climbed streetlights, smashed windows, scaled the gates of City Hall with a keg, and littered streets with beer cans and other debris. The Philadelphia Inquirer also reports that, between chants of “Everything is free,” several fans looted a gas station.
Philadelphia has started to clean up – and photos on social media show some of the morning-after mess.
Trucks are sweeping the streets.
My favorite part of any celebration. The City street sweeper! 15/JFK ~ 3:15am pic.twitter.com/2El8ML3B1M
— Thomas J. Nestel III (@TNestel3) February 5, 2018
Traffic signs are lying on their sides.
17th and Chestnut still scene of destruction. Downed pole with street signs and traffic pole outside The Shops at Liberty Place pic.twitter.com/w9xmrIpaLD
— Julie Shaw (@julieshawphilly) February 5, 2018
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Candy bars and trash surround the gas station in these photos by Michael Boren, a reporter for The Inquirer.
https://twitter.com/borenmc/status/960517604224978944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Next to City Hall, crews shoveled glass from a broken Macy's window.
https://twitter.com/borenmc/status/960526089809428480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
This video shows a few turned-over planters.
The aftermath in Philly... pic.twitter.com/ll9RUsavBb
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) February 5, 2018
And in this photo, a worker scrubs graffiti off a bus stop.
https://twitter.com/borenmc/status/960522453800947713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Rowdy post-Super Bowl celebrations aren't unusual.
Row of news boxes knocked down, 16th and JFK pic.twitter.com/3jcPQlUkXb
— Julie Shaw (@julieshawphilly) February 5, 2018
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 cities of both the winning team and the losing one.
