Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker has announced the city has reached an agreement with the Philadelphia 76ers to keep the team in Philadelphia and build an arena in Center City.
The City of Philadelphia and Philadelphia 76ers have reached an agreement to keep the franchise in Philadelphia and build an arena in Center City, Mayor Parker announced in a video released on Wednesday afternoon.Parker made the announcement after a Wednesday afternoon meeting with members of the Chinatown community. She said the legislative package will be sent to Philadelphia City Council where "it must be approved.
That meeting came just as the City of Philadelphia announced the release of the four separate reports from third-party consultants hired to conduct analyses of the arena.The four reports include the following: Mark Squilla, the Philadelphia City Council member likely to play a major role in the approval or rejection of the Sixers' proposed new arena in the Market East neighborhood, said the plan is viable after impact studies on the area are released.
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