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Sixers abandon plans for Center City arena

Plans to build 76ers arena in Center City fall through, team to stay in South Philadelphia, sources say

Plans to build a new arena for the Philadelphia 76ers in Center City have fallen through, and the team now plans to stay in South Philly, according to sources close to the negotiations.The reversal comes less than a month after 11 bills related to the construction of the proposed arena,

Philadelphia Inquirer on MSN · 21h

The 76ers have struck a deal with Comcast Spectacor to stay in South Philly and abandon plans for a Center City arena

The deal comes just weeks after a grueling legislative battle in which the Sixers convinced City Council to give it the green light to move to Center City.

NBC 10 Philadelphia · 20h

Officials: Sixers abandon Center City arena plan, will stay in South Philly

After years of planning and ongoing debate, the planners behind the proposal to bring a Sixers arena to Center City Philadelphia have backtracked on the project. Instead, the team will stay in South Philly.

6abc News · 1d

Sixers drop plan for new arena in Center City and will stay in South Philadelphia: Sources

No official announcement has been made yet by either the Sixers, Comcast Spectacor or the City of Philadelphia. The Sixers currently play in the Wells Fargo Center and the team has expressed its desire to have a new arena ready for when its current lease expires in 2031.

Center City church burglarized

Philadelphia Inquirer on MSN · 22h

Beloved crown stolen from Virgin Mary statue at St. John the Evangelist church in Center City

The crown was made of jewelry and gems donated by parishioners after the church experienced a major fire in the early 1900s, police said.

6abc News · 21h

Photo released of suspect after jeweled gold crown worth $30K stolen from Center City church

Police are working with surveillance images to help them identify the man who stole a golden, jeweled crown from a church in Center City Philadelphia.

FOX 29 Philadelphia on MSN · 1d

Center City church burglarized as gold, jeweled crown stolen off Mary statue

A historic church in Philadelphia's Center City became the victim of a recent burglary, and the parish and police are asking for the public's help.

2don MSN

Center City Macy’s, located in iconic Wanamaker Building, will close in March

Macy’s will close its Center City location in the historic Wanamaker Building, the company announced Thursday afternoon, as ...

6abc News3d

Macy's in Center City Philadelphia to close | See list of 66 stores shutting down

The Macy's department store in Center City Philadelphia will be closing its doors for good, one of more than 60 locations ...

ABC5711h

Plans to restore Center City Place to former glory

The same people behind the Dainty Maid Food Hall in downtown South Bend are hoping to restore the building next door, Center City Place, to what it used to look like about a century ago and fill it ...

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Temple University eyes UArts building as new home for Center City Philadelphia campus

Temple University leaders say they've placed a bid to buy a building on the shuttered University of the Arts campus on South ...

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