Workplaces in Atlanta and beyond are celebrating #FalconsFriday
Atlantans - whether Atlanta Falcons fans are not - can hardly contain their excitement over the home team's triumphant return to the Super Bowl.
Luckily, most of those impassioned fans did not have to hold back once they arrived to work today.
Workplaces from Atlanta all the way to Washington, D.C., are celebrating the Falcons’ rise to the big game after nearly 20 years today.
Employees from corporate offices for UPS, Google and Cox Enterprises, the parent company of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, have shown their Falcons spirit on social media with the #FalconsFriday.
Through office parties, rallies and wearing Falcons regalia, businesses and employees in Atlanta and beyond are celebrating the Falcons on the eve eve of their big game.
@sportsandra @steakshapiro @BFinn86 @FreddieFalcon @AtlantaFalcons #GoogleFiber is repping on #FalconsFriday. Rise Up! pic.twitter.com/z04BKZYMci
— Hunter Swindle (@HunterSwindle) February 3, 2017
Our staff is ready to #RiseUp and support our @AtlantaFalcons in the #SuperBowl this weekend! #FalconsFriday pic.twitter.com/iR4jhAFWfX
— Make-A-Wish Georgia (@MakeAWishGA) February 3, 2017
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It's #FalconsFriday @UPS corporate office. This is how we #RiseUp pic.twitter.com/k9C8lKANyq
— UPSers (@UPSers) February 3, 2017
#FalconsFriday at Leapfrog Services!#RiseUp@AtlantaFalcons pic.twitter.com/MMWx6rl9kv
— M. Shawn Arnold (@ShawnATL) February 3, 2017
#RiseUpDeKalb #FalconsFriday #RiseUp pic.twitter.com/JJce8qqJTq
— DeKalb County, GA (@ItsInDeKalb) February 3, 2017
It's #FalconsFriday all around #FultonCounty! I stopped by the County Attorney's office to show her my #touchdown dance! #RiseUp #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/e7bT3kwRIM
— Sojourner Marable (@sojournerruth) February 3, 2017
Cox Enterprises, the parent company to the AJC, celebrated with rallies each day this week, culminating with a Friday event featuring former Atlanta Falcon quarterback Steve Bartkowski.
Though most of the Falcons Friday pandemonium stemmed from metro Atlanta offices, the jubilation was not limited to the city.
It's #FalconsFriday tune in for #SuperBowl coverage and at 6:30 hear from a local man headed to the game. #RiseUp pic.twitter.com/pEhBiYhg6f
— Britney Craig (@BritneyWRDW) February 3, 2017
The Falcons fandom reached all the way to Washington, D.C., and New York, with “The View” hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin showing love during Friday’s live show.
My staff and I are celebrating #FalconsFriday in DC. Cheering the @atlantafalcons on to a #SuperBowl win! #RiseUp @ajc pic.twitter.com/qSifUY2H7J
— Drew Ferguson (@RepDrewFerguson) February 3, 2017
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