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Los Angeles lights up blue and white to celebrate LA Rams in the playoffs
Blue and white lights to celebrate the Rams in the playoffs at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum.
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The Rams have their first playoff game in a decade on Saturday — their first in Southern California since 1986 — and L.A. celebrated Friday night with blue and white lights.
If you miss them Friday, the U.S. Bank Tower is lighting up blue and white again Saturday night starting at 5 p.m.
The iconic locations shining Rams blue and white:
- The L.A. Coliseum
- The Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel
- Los Angeles City Hall
- Union Station
- The L.A. Convention Center
- The U.S. Bank Tower
The Rams host the Atlanta Falcons in an NFC Wild Card playoffs game on Saturday, 5:15 p.m. at the L.A. Coliseum. It's the Rams' first playoff game at the Coliseum since 1979, with 1979 Rams team members lighting the Coliseum Torch. They're also honoring Rams greats Isaac Bruce, Eric Dickerson, Tom Mack, Orlando Pace and Jackie Slater at the game.
You can watch the game on NBC, or pick up some last-minute tickets to catch it live.
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