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Eagles Home Opener Looks Like It’ll Be One Giant Traffic Shit Show Because of SEPTA Situation
By Kyle Pagan
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With SEPTA not looking like it’ll get the funding it needs by the August 24th “death spiral” deadline, GM Scott Sauer mentioned how nuts it’ll be during the Eagles home opener in a couple weeks. It’s gonna be a JAMMO! –
“No extra express coupled with 20% less regular trips. Normally stage 10 extras at NRG to run for the hour after the game, will only have 3-4 trains during that time per the regular schedule. For a night game, that could be a bigger issue because we’ll have a hard stop for service a little after midnight where normally we run past the schedule to get crowds out as needed. So if we normally take about 16,000 people postgame, we’re looking at only about 4,000 after the opener.“
This looks miserable. SEPTA is only going to be able to do 25% of what it typically does the night of the home opener? That’s a recipe for disaster. You think it was bad during the 2025 Nate Bargatze/Eagles Preseason Carmageddon? Imagine what it’s going to be like when the games actually matter and SEPTA isn’t running this time. People could drive to New York and back by the time they leave their house in Delco and park in Jetro. Lisa Fairfax is going to be working overtime that night. If the shopping cart guys are the entrepreneurs I think they are, they’ll set up on 95 and sell pretzels and “Dallas Sucks” merch to angry Eagles fans.
I can’t see this charade from lawmakers going past the first month of the season. Interrupting people’s commute to work is one thing. Interrupting people’s commute to an Eagles game is another. If you’re going to interrupt the one thing in this world a diehard Eagles fan waits all week for, you’re going to have a problem. It’s one thing to have bike lane Twitter on your ass, but it’s another to have an entire fanbase. We’re talking about the same fanbase that bullied a mascot into a Twitter meltdown. Two home games in and the most staunch conservative Eagles fan is going to dye his hair purple, grab a sign, and chant outside a Republican’s office so he can get home before midnight after a 1 p.m. game. Last year, the Broad Street Line after the Monday Night Football loss to the Falcons was one of the worst I’ve ever seen it. I can’t imagine what it’ll be like after banner night. God forbid the Eagles lose. There might be a riot.
Now for the tinfoil hat:
Kyle writes blog posts and does Man on the Street-style videos all around Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University (a basketball school) in 2015. contact: k.pagan@sportradar.com