The Sixers hope to open the new arena in 2031, the same year the team’s lease expires at the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia. Reverend Mark Kelly Tyler with POWER Interfaith, joined Chinatown ...

A Chinatown community that believed its ruination lay in the planned construction of a new Sixers arena rejoiced on Sunday as the team abandoned its efforts to build on the neighborhood’s ...

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia leaders held meetings Wednesday to address the proposal to build a new 76ers arena at Market East. The Save Chinatown Coalition will hold a press conference outside the ...

The companies vowed to invest in the commercial corridor after the Sixers abandoned controversial plans to build a venue ...

Chinatown organization wants Philadelphia 76ers to increase funding in arena deal 02:25. The controversial proposal over a Sixers arena at Market East remains in limbo as city councilmembers left ...

Chinatown residents ready to fight against proposed 76ers arena 02:04. PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The Sixers arena fight in Chinatown is heating up. Those for and against it are making their positions ...

The Sixers successfully pushed to build a new arena in Center City. Now the controversial project is in the rearview after an about-face no one saw coming. Arena opponents gather at 10th and Arch ...

Don’t hate the Sixers. Hate me. That was part of Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker’s messaging on Wednesday at a public meeting about 76 Place, the proposed Center City Sixers arena. More ...

As Unions Tout Sixers Arena, Chinatown Residents Resist Call To ‘Take One For The Team' ... Council Member Mark Squilla represents the district that includes Chinatown and the proposed 76ers arena.

And now, with a new mayor about to be sworn in to lead the city of 1.6 million, and a package of legislation related to the Sixers’ arena expected soon, the project is entering a pivotal stretch.

The new Sixers arena being planned in Philadelphia's Chinatown is facing protests from Students for the Preservation of Chinatown. Skip to main content. Newsletter; ...

Sixers arena in Center City would have $1.9B impact but put Chinatown in jeopardy, city studies find expand A rendering shows the 76ers' proposed arena from Market Street.