NEW YORK – The Empire State Building, an icon of New York City, shined its world-famous tour lights in the colors of St. John’s Red, in honor of the 2025 BIG EAST Basketball Tournament Champions Saturday night. Tipping at 6:30 p.m. the BIG EAST Championship final was live FOX. When the final buzzer sounded and the confetti fell, the Empire State Building’s lights glowed in St. John’s red and white to celebrate the Red Storm’s first BIG EAST Tournament Championship in 25 years!  
  
The BIG EAST Conference has been an Empire State Building Lighting Partner dating back to 2011.
 
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.