Empire State Building Will Be Lit In BIG EAST Blue And Red For Championship Saturday
NEW YORK – The Empire State Building, an icon of New York City, will shine its world-famous tour lights red and blue in honor of the BIG EAST Basketball Tournament final on Saturday night.
The BIG EAST Conference has been an Empire State Building Lighting Partner four of the last five years.
BIG EAST fans are encouraged to tweet photos of the BIG EAST lighting to the BIG EAST using the handles @EmpireStateBldg and @BIGEAST with the hashtag #MadeAtMSG. Other social media handles include Instagram @EmpireStateBldg and @BIGEASTconf; or Facebook.com/Empirestatebuilding.
At 5:30 p.m. the BIG EAST Championship final will tip off on FOX as No. 1 Villanova and No. 3 Seton Hall will face each other in the tournament for the fifth time having split their previous two contests. The Pirates won their 2014 quarterfinal meeting 64-63. It will be the first time the two teams meet in the title game. Villanova is the defending BIG EAST Tournament champion.
As the most iconic building in the world, the Empire State Building is a significant part of pop culture and daily vernacular. The Empire State Building graces the skyline in thousands of movies and television shows, entices visits by international celebrities and dignitaries, and has won awards for its building restoration and ground-breaking energy-efficiency program. The Empire State Building’s world-famous tower lights transform the New York City skyline with annual holiday light shows and in celebration of cultural events, global happenings and special causes.