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I don’t care how ardently you support your NFL team, there’s no way you can honestly tell me that living on the same block as this Seattle Seahawks fan wouldn’t be absolutely insufferable this holiday season. Walk out your front door and get fucking blinded by a billion lumens of neon lights attached to his house just so everyone knows how big of a football fan he is!? Nope, not in my neighborhood, pal. You understand that all of your neighbors probably want to murder you, right?
This is totally one of those things that’s awesome and mesmerizing the first time you see it, but then it gets old very fast. Like, “before that horrible techno song is even over” fast.
Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the ingenuity here and I’m all for the Christmas spirit, but this is just too much. Guarantee you can see all 175,000 lights on this thing from space which means you can definitely see it shining through your house windows all night long. Nope. Shut it down. Call the township, get the commissioner out here. If that doesn’t work, these wood-handled hedge clippers will keep me perfectly grounded if I’ve got to take it into my own hands.
Apparently, this guy’s neighbors have actually complained about how unsightly they find Seahawks lights display and kudos to that.
SB Nation reports:
If you’re wondering what it costs to build out a 175,000-light sports-themed display, the answer is north of $30,000 according to the GoFundMe related to the “Hawkhouse” display. There is even music specifically made just for the house.
While the house attracts a lot of eager visitors ready to see the 175,000 lights in action, it turns out it’s not great living in the same neighborhood. Some neighbors have complained about the show and Mish was working with city officials to “tone it down” according to ABC News.
If you’re considering creating your own sports-themed display, you’ll only need hundreds of thousands of lights and about 400 hours to put it all up.
On an office building of some sort? Why not. On a house in my neighborhood? Hard pass.
[h/t SB Nation]