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It’s pretty hard to drive through Stamford, Connecticut without noticing the building that serves as the headquarters for the WWE. It features a massive American flag waving from its roof, and it was blamed for a power outage that left thousands of people in the dark while causing some headaches for commuters earlier this week.
The WWE has a history that can be traced back to the 1950s, which is when the McMahon family launched the promotion known as the “Capitol Wrestling Corporation.” In 1979, Vince McMahon Jr. became the owner of the company that was rebranded as the “World Wrestling Federation,” which he initially operated out of Cape Cod before eventually setting up shop in the building dubbed Titan Towers in Stamford, Connecticut in 1991.
That served as the HQ for the organization for over three decades before it relocated to its current location, a building located just a couple of miles south on 1-95, in 2023. It’s difficult to miss if you’re making your way down that highway, as it’s plastered with multiple versions of the WWE logo along with an attention-grabbing American flag that created an issue during a recent storm.
An American flag that flew off the WWE headquarters caused a sizable power outage
In 2023, the WWE celebrated the debut of what it described as “one of the largest American flags in the country,” a version of the stars and stripes that measures in at 76 feet across and 40 feet tall that was hoisted above its HQ for Veterans’ Day.
It was flying there when a storm system swept across western Connecticut on Saturday night, but it was ripped from the pole before landing in some power lines that were captured sparking after it got snagged in a transmission tower.
According to The New York Times, 5,000 people in Stamford and Greenwich initially lost power, but another 40,000 in the area were impacted when it struck more lines as workers were attempting to remove it on Sunday.
It also impacted train service at the Stamford station where Amtrak and Metro-North operate, as customers had to deal with delays stemming from an issue that was fully addressed by the end of the weekend.