Comcast reveals VANDALISM caused mass outage during Super Bowl that left thousands in Philadelphia unable to watch start of Eagles versus Chiefs game (despite firm being based in city)
- Thousands of fans in several Philadelphia neighborhoods were without power
- Comcast, which is based in Philadelphia, claimed vandals caused the problem
- The Eagles lost Super Bowl LVII 38-35 to the Kansas City Chiefs
Thousands of Eagles fans in the city of Philadelphia were stunned and outraged as their Comcast service went out as Super Bowl LVII began on Sunday.
Comcast – which has its corporate headquarters based in the city and owns several of the city’s sports teams – claimed vandals did physical damage to severe a fiberoptic cable.
There were reports of a few thousand customers without service all afternoon leading up to the big game, the Eagles’ first appearance in the Super Bowl in five years.
A spokesperson for Comcast said that the alleged vandalism has been reported to Philadelphia police.
They also claimed that ‘the bulk’ of customers who had lost their service regained it before the 6:40 p.m. kickoff.
Thousands of Eagles fans in the city of Philadelphia were stunned and outraged as their Comcast service went out as Super Bowl LVII began on Sunday
Comcast – which has its corporate headquarters based in the city and owns several of the city’s sports teams – claimed vandals did physical damage to severe a fiberoptic cable
‘We’re working as quickly as possible to restore services after vandalism impacted service to a few thousand customers in Kensington and neighboring parts of Philadelphia this afternoon,’ a spokesperson told NBC10.
‘Many customers are already back online and we are doing everything possible to restore services to all as quickly as possible.’
They also praised employees who fixed the problem: ‘We are thankful to our local teams that responded immediately and resolved this issue as quickly as possible. Anyone still experiencing issues should restart their modem and/or cable box.’
Philadelphia lost Super Bowl LVII 38-35, the city’s third major sports championship defeat – following the Phillies in the World Series and Union in MLS Cup – in the past four months.
But prior to that, many of them were expressing their outrage about the outage on social media.
One user was short and not so sweet, tweeting at Xfinity: ‘You should be in jail.’
Another wrote: ‘Xfinity is down in Fishtown!! At what time [d]o we storm the Comcast building!?!’
It was a reference to the Comcast Center, which is located in the Center City neighborhood of Philadelphia.
A spokesperson for Comcast said that the alleged vandalism has been reported to Philadelphia police
The Comcast Center is located in the Center City neighborhood of Philadelphia
Another wrote: ‘Just a normal night watching @Xfinity streaming TV. Looking forward to cancelling.’
One more summed it up well: ‘Only Comcast/Xfinity would have a wifi outage the day of an Eagles’ Super Bowl in Philly, *checks notes* … THE CITY THEY’RE HEADQUARTERED IN.’
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes was still standing in the second half of Super Bowl LVII, and that meant the Kansas City Chiefs had a chance.
After aggravating his existing ankle injury in the second quarter and literally limping into the locker rooms at halftime trailing by 10 points, Mahomes stormed back in the second half to lead four consecutive scoring drives and pull out a 38-35 win over the Philadelphia Eagles.
Harrison Butker’s game-winning field goal with eight seconds remaining all but sealed the Chiefs’ third Super Bowl title – and their second NFL corwn in the last four years.
The Chiefs’ win on Sunday was anything but a given. The 1.5-point underdogs not only trailed for much of the game, but were struggling to contain Eagles QB Jalen Hurts, who was playing the game of his life.
Outside of a costly second-quarter fumble, which was returned for a touchdown by Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton, Hurts was sensational. The third-year Eagles star tossed for 304 yards and one touchdown, while running for three scores and a two-point conversion that tied the game at 35 late in the fourth quarter. But his final pass – a Hail Mary at the final gun – fell well short, giving the win to the Chiefs.
