Pop-Up Shops Serve Eagles Fans As Super Bowl Looms

Although the change in Route 13’s scenery has been subtle over the last week, discerning Philadelphia Eagles fans will undoubtedly have noticed just a few more chances to purchase some Birds-themed merchandise popping up.

Many of the local pop-up shops, including ones in Doylestown and Willow Grove, are run by the same company and have many of the same materials for sale, explained Kenny, the man running the pop up at the corner of Green Lane and Route 13 in Bristol Township.

As of Saturday, the pop-up shops have been operating for about a week. The unnamed company works out an agreement with the property owner and gets a license from the township to do business, Kenny said.

“They just keep coming. Its constant,” said the street-side salesman, who travels from New Jersey for the job.

In the past, he has traveled as far as Texas to sell championship gear, he told LevittownNow.com.

“For any major championship, you go to the city that you think is going to win,” Kenny said.

When asked if he thought the Eagles would win the Super Bowl, Kenny said he expected them to win.

“I don’t think Philly is going to win, I know,” he said.

Among the items for sale were Eagles gloves, necklaces, pins, hats, dog masks and much more. The biggest sellers, according to Kenny, are the Eagles hats and dog masks.

Anita Greleski set up shop a little further up the road at Edgley Road and Route 13 in Bristol Township. Greleski said she is a northwestern Pennsylvania native who has been doing this work for about a year-and-a-half.

“I love doing this.”

Greleski is just as confident as Kenny in the Birds’ chances of winning, but for a different reason. Greleski loves the way the local fans get fired up for the home team and thinks that the enthusiasm will carry over onto the field.

“This is the best place I have come so far,” Greleski said. “These fans are pumped up.”

On Friday, Greleski estimated a few hundred people came to her shop in the 7-Eleven parking lot.

If all goes well and the Eagles win the Super Bowl, the shops will stay around for another week selling Super Bowl championship gear.