NAACP Philadelphia Branch Announces Support for 76 Place at Market East
Endorsement from the historic civil rights organization further cements widespread support from community groups for 76 Place and the opportunities it will create for the Black community Philadelphia, PA, May 7, 2024 – In an event today at String Theory Charter School in Philadelphia, the NAACP Philadelphia Branch formally announced its support for 76 Place at Market […]
76 Place at Market East to Share Project Updates During Second Civic Design Review Meeting
Development team will share new renderings, analysis, and project updates in response to feedback from the community and the Civic Design Review Committee Philadelphia, PA (March 19, 2024) – Today, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission announced that the second civic design review (CDR) meeting to discuss 76 Place at Market East will take place on April […]
76 Place at Market East Garners More Than 30,000 Petition Signatures in Support of Arena
Philadelphia residents representing 55 ZIP codes support the $1.55 billion private investment in Market East for its significant benefits to the city and beyond Philadelphia, PA (January 25, 2024) – Today, the 76 Place at Market East team announced it has collected more than 30,000 petition signatures from Philadelphia residents and commuters to build a […]
Developers of proposed 76ers arena host 1st in-person community meeting; make changes after input
The development team for the proposed 76ers arena held their first in-person community meeting Thursday night at the Sheraton in Center City. Since the announcement in the summer of 2022, developer and Sixers limited owner David Adelman said they’ve held 100 meetings with various groups. “We want to give them real answers. All of a sudden people who were […]
At town hall for 76ers arena proposal, team pressed for details about its $50 million plan to benefit the community
The town hall meeting on the 76ers’ proposed Market Street arena – the first held in person since December – brought more than 500 people to the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown hotel Thursday night. Among the central concerns raised during the session, which was hosted by the Sixers, was the $50 million community benefits agreement the […]
Parkway Corporate and 76 Place Development Team Announce Long-Term Collaboration to Provide Accessible Parking Solutions for New Arena
The collaboration will enable access to parking on event days, enhance urban mobility and sustainability, and contribute to making Center City a world-class event destination Parkway, a Philadelphia-based real estate developer, investor, and best-in-class parking operator, and 76DevCo, the developers of 76 Place at Market East, the proposed Philadelphia 76ers arena, announced today they will […]
Sixers aim to minimize arena parking concerns with a new ‘smart routing’ partnership
The 76ers’ development arm is partnering with Philadelphia’s Parkway Corporation in an effort to manage the demand they anticipate from fans driving to their proposed Center City arena. 76 DevCo has said it does not intend to build parking as part of the development, and pointed out that there are several existing garages in the […]
Sixers arena update: Developers tout union jobs at first public meeting, activists quietly strategize
As the Sixers made their case Thursday night for a Center City arena, rallying supporters around the union jobs and economic revitalization they say will follow, activists chose to quietly protest the plan. The Thursday meeting was actually the first convened by 76 DevCo, the team’s development arm, which is pledging to put forth a […]
First community meeting held for proposed 76er arena; large[ly] attended by supporters
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Sixers field questions from concerned residents about proposed Center City arena
PHILADELPHIA – Developers hoping to build a new Sixers arena in Center City held a public meeting Thursday where they promoted benefits the stadium could bring to the area and addressed concerns of locals. “I want to bring Philly the best arena in the country,” 76 Place Chairman David Adelman said. “We are not asking […]
