Sixers To Build New Arena In Downtown Philadelphia

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Herbal Dave on Saturday, July 23, 2022 – 10:06 am

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It's scheduled to open in 2031.  It will be nice to attend events in downtown.   Going to shows in South Philly at the Spectrum and JFK Stadium was like visiting an industrial wasteland.   Never have been to the current home of the 76ers and Flyers, but it's in the same area.  Nine years is still a ways off.  The Mayer & Co. and Goose shows there will no doubt be epic.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34274259/philadelphia-76ers-13-billi...

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nebulous nelly
Orange County Lumber Truck on Saturday, July 23, 2022 – 10:51 am

 

No parking. Regional rail sucks. 

South Philly location convenient for the highway. 

 

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skyjunk
fabes on Sunday, July 24, 2022 – 08:06 am

And they are paying for it themselves

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nebulous nelly
Orange County Lumber Truck on Sunday, July 31, 2022 – 05:57 pm

 

The Grateful Dead, JFK Stadium and the long, winding road that kept the Sixers in South Philly

The Sixers' path to the Wells Fargo Center is worth revisiting after they announced plans earlier this month to leave that arena in 2031 for a new home on Market Street

 

 

 A routine inspection 90 minutes before the gates opened at JFK Stadium in July of 1989 revealed a slew of fire-code violations and safety hazards, confirming a report that warned the city a year prior about the condition of the 63-year-old stadium in South Philadelphia.

 

But there already were 20,000 Grateful Dead fans waiting outside. So officials — fearful of sparking a riot like the one they faced a few years earlier during a Rolling Stones concert — let the show go on.

 

The Dead jammed for three hours, played 19 songs, and the gates to JFK Stadium never opened again. Mayor Wilson Goode closed the stadium six days later, eventually announcing that it would be razed as repairs were too costly

 

https://www.inquirer.com/sixers/sixers-arena-flyers-eagles-jfk-stadium-g...

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Rasputin O'Leary
Rasmataz on Sunday, July 31, 2022 – 06:31 pm

^ I bet it wasn't the 1st time the Dead brought the house down.