Did anyone let your city know they didn't win yet?
That's how it went here when the Pens were winning playoff series, though the way the arena's set up it didn't affect anything dramatically and I don't recall damage happening even the nights we won cups... It probably helped not having the championships in Pittsburgh.
For the Steelers... Not much problem either ironically. There was a tally of arrests on the news, and really there weren't many, the only place any fires erupted were out in Oakland where the colleges (Pitt, CMU, etc.) are and it was the usual lighting of the couch on the lawn more than anything else... No cars or anything.
The big party spots of the city were packed with people but arrests were amazingly relatively small and for petty stuff, and the tally said 80% of arrests were people from out of town in for the festivities rather than actual residents of the city... It went smoothly. It was a mad house, but a smooth one I guess. I think there was probably more shenanigans during the Pens winning playoff years actually... My favorite night was Game 1 of the Bruins series in 1992 that Jagr won in overtime. That was the nuttiest celebration for sports I've ever been in the midst of... It was really great and I even remember being stuck in traffic on the way out with Jagr right beside me. To a kid that was a great night.
