The Eagles and assorted traveling scriptuals arrived this morning, on a bus, to get their first look Arena Corinthians, where the Birds and Packers will square off tomorrow in the NFL's first ever Death Match. And what a sight it is!
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Corinthians Arena, where the #Eagles will face the Packers on Friday night: pic.twitter.com/CQYhvyFDff
— Jeff McLane (@Jeff_McLane) September 5, 2024
Beautiful, Clark.
Our social man Dave, 10 hours away from Sao Paulo and doing dad duty, is already in the stadium, however, and posted these videos which he unearthed through the wonder of the world wide web, and inexplicably the Eagles are playing inside the old Granite Run Mall:
Main lobby of Arena Corinthians for Eagles/Packers.
Video via Neo Quimica Arena on IG pic.twitter.com/LZF2yrYYQv
Is that an Orange Julius?
Few things:
I'm not sure this queue is going to hold:
It's like local officials hastily read up on queuing theory and popped a snaking line in the middle of the cavernous lobby (conveniently right next to Spencer's!) just for the hell of it.
To be fair, I imagine it's for some sort of meet and greet. But, for the sake of all involved, let's please presume they have a more, um, robust system for outside the stadium.
But hey, at least the locker rooms seem fit for a... kid's birthday party at an indoor sports facility in Aston:
Here's a look inside the Eagles locker room at Arena Corinthians in Brazil.
Photo via @Corinthians pic.twitter.com/1VBevdUSMK
More Eagles locker room photos! Photo via @Corinthians pic.twitter.com/SIHsNy5c0m
Parents eat free!
More photos-- I do enjoy the overly-liberal use of the dateline from the on-the-ground reporters, who flew those 10 hours and want to make damn sure we all know it (I don't blame them, to be honest):
Greetings from São Paulo, here’s some shots of Corinthians Arena and the surrounding area: pic.twitter.com/fIVm4HZbzW
SÃO PAULO — pic.twitter.com/PvS0rNLQTM
Greetings from São Paulo, here’s some shots of Corinthians Arena and the surrounding area: pic.twitter.com/fIVm4HZbzW
SÃO PAULO — pic.twitter.com/INUu5qIcpm
On pathway to locker room… pic.twitter.com/OwUPSBGZo8
