Empire State Building Split for Subway Series

The Empire State Building will continue its tradition of equally supporting the Mets and Yankees (and whole-heartedly supporting Big City Rivalry) as the two teams enter the Subway Series.

Beginning on Friday, May 16, the north/south sides of the building will be lit in Yankees blue and white, while its east/west sides will be lit in Mets blue and orange. The team who wins the series will have its colors displayed on all four sides of the tower on Monday, May 19.

That's a lot of added pressure! James Connors, General Manager for the Empire State Building, said: “The lighting also gives the players an extra boost -- at the end of the ‘Subway Series,’ the winning team claims the entire crown of New York City’s greatest building.”

Last year the series was split, each team winning two games at home; this year is the last at both current stadiums.

Fun fact: in 1932, a searchlight beacon alerting people for 50 miles that Franklin D. Roosevelt had been elected president of the United States was the first light to shine on top of the Empire State Building. It wasn't until 1977 that the wider range of colors was added, and blue and white lights flashed to announce the Yankees won the World Series.

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By Jen Carlson in News on May 15, 2008 2:42 PM

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sonyactivision

Fuck it, I'm flying the plane into the "Yankees side".

Angelusnovus

Well your right about the rivalry comment because interleague play is really pointless. To say the Mets suck, well, have you been watching the Yankees lately. And, yes, given the events of last year, when the highest paid team in all of the mlb failed to make it out of the division series, you could say the yankees suck too. But in all fairness, both Ny teams are playing pretty poorly, but unlike yankee (bandwagon) baseball fans. Mets fans stay true to their team even when they choke. So, yes, the "jews" in queens are still rooting for the mets, and so are the Puerto Ricans in Jersey. You hopeless idiot.

holla

Mets actually have a higher winning percentage last time I checked, which was just now.

Heckler

Duh, Yankees colors are black and white.

babyhitler

saying the yankees and mets have a rivalry is like saying brad pitt and gary coleman have one. The mets s u c k.wait, given the events of last year they choke more than suck. Even the jews in queens don't root for them.