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76ers abandon planned move, will ‘transform’ current home
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The team ditches plan that raised concerns for future of Philadelphia's Chinatown
The Philadelphia 76ers have abandoned a controversial plan to move location and build a new arena in the Center City district near Chinatown. The proposed arena seemed a done deal after the controversial $1.3 billion project was greenlit by Philadelphia City Council last month.
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76ers abandon planned move, will ‘transform’ current home
Clip: 1/13/2025 | 1m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
The Philadelphia 76ers have abandoned a controversial plan to move location and build a new arena in the Center City district near Chinatown. The proposed arena seemed a done deal after the controversial $1.3 billion project was greenlit by Philadelphia City Council last month.
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The Philadelphia 76ers have abandoned plans to build a new arena in Center City.
The NBA basketball team will instead remain at the sports complex in South Philly.
The stunning reversal comes just weeks after the Sixers got the green light from the City council to build a controversial billion dollar downtown arena.
And after years of planning and heated protests over the move.
At a press conference today, Philly's mayor and leadership from the Sixers revealed a deal with Comcast, which owns the Wells Fargo Center, where the Sixers and the Philadelphia Fliers play.
They'll instead transform the current sports complex by 2031, spending nearly $3 billion to also bring residential units and other attractions.
Comcast will also now take a minority stake in the team and help with a bid to bring a WNBA team to Philly.
New Jersey, of course, made a longshot bid to bring the team here to Camden's waterfront, offering hundreds of millions in tax credits.
But ultimately, it wasn't enough.
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