Comcast says VANDALISM caused a power outage during the Super Bowl that left thousands of people in Philadelphia unable to see

Thousands of Philadelphia Eagles fans were stunned and outraged when their Comcast service went down as Super Bowl LVII began on Sunday.

Comcast, which has its corporate headquarters in the city and owns several of the city’s sports teams, said vandals physically damaged a fiber optic cable.

There were reports of a few thousand customers without service all afternoon before the big game, the Eagles’ first Super Bowl appearance in five years.

A Comcast spokesperson said the alleged vandalism was reported to Philadelphia police.

They also claimed that ‘most’ customers who had lost their service got it back before the 6:40 p.m. start.

“We are working as quickly as possible to restore services after vandalism affected service to a few thousand customers in Kensington and neighboring parts of Philadelphia this afternoon,” a spokesperson said. NBC10.

“Many customers are already back online and we are doing everything we can to restore services as quickly as possible.”

They also praised the employees who fixed the issue: ‘We are grateful to our local teams who responded immediately and resolved this issue as quickly as possible. Anyone still experiencing problems should reset their modem and/or cable box.’

Philadelphia lost Super Bowl LVII 38-35, the city’s third major sports championship loss after the Phillies in the World Series and the Union in MLS Cup in the past four months.

But before that, many of them expressed their outrage over the disruption on social media.

One user was short and not so sweet and tweeted on Xfinity: “You should be in jail.”

Another wrote: ‘Xfinity is in Fishtown! What time [d]or we storm the Comcast building!?!’

It was a reference to the Comcast Center, which is located in the Center City neighborhood of Philadelphia.

Another wrote: ‘Just a normal night watching @Xfinity streaming TV. Eager to cancel.

One more summed it up well: “Only Comcast/Xfinity would have Wi-Fi outage on the day of the Eagles’ Super Bowl in Philly, *checks notes*…THE CITY WHERE THEY ARE HEADQUARTERS.”

Quarterback Patrick Mahomes was still on his feet 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 room at halftime trailing by 10 points, Mahomes came back in the second half to lead four straight scoring drives in a 38-game victory. 35 over the Philadelphia Eagles.

Harrison Butker’s game-winning field goal with eight seconds remaining nearly sealed the Chiefs’ third Super Bowl title, and their second NFL title in the past four years.

The Chiefs’ victory on Sunday was anything but a given. The 1.5-point underdogs were not only down for much of the game, but they struggled to contain Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, who was playing the game of his life.

Outside of a costly fumble in the second quarter, which was returned for a touchdown by Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton, Hurts was terrific. The Eagles’ third-year star passed for 304 yards and a touchdown while rushing 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 on the final shot, fell short and gave the Chiefs the win.