Philadelphia City Council approves $1.3 billion 76ers Center City arena plan
PHILADELPHIA — The future of Philadelphia’s Market East community in Center City is now crystal clear as City Council has voted to approve a $1.3 billion plan to bring a brand new arena for the Philadelphia Sixers to the neighborhood.
PHILADELPHIA — The future of Philadelphia’s Market East community in Center City is now crystal clear as City Council has voted to approve a $1.3 billion plan to bring a brand new arena for the Philadelphia Sixers to the neighborhood.
During its scheduled meeting on Thursday, Dec. 19, City Council voted, with a majority of members in support on the legislative package that would make way for a plan that could have a transformative effect on the area. The approval occurred after months of negotiations with developers and meetings with members of the community in every corner of the city as well as protests and outbursts from those on both sides of the debate.
At the start of Thursday’s hearing, there was no shortage of protest as a group of individuals opposed to the arena plan stood arm-in-arm, chanting and blowing whistles while on the floor of City Council’s chambers in City Hall.
Wearing shirts that read “City Council sold out Philly” and “shut it down,” protestors sat in a group on the floor of city council as the meeting was intended to start at 10 a.m.
Around 10:15 a.m., several protestors were taken out of the room by law enforcement officials.
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