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Mayor Parker on proposed Sixers arena amid city council hearings: 'Keep our Philadelphia 76ers home'

Mayor Cherelle Parker says she is not discouraged as City Council hearings have gone underway on the Sixers' plan to build an arena in Center City.

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Squilla believes Philadelphia 76ers might need to change CBA for proposed arena to pass in City Council

The Sixers have agreed to a $50 million Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) to be spent on assisting the surrounding community through the construction phase and beyond.

Philadelphia Inquirer on MSN · 11h

Philly Council grills 76ers execs over taxpayer support and community benefits for Center City arena

City Council is slated to vote on the project in just three weeks, and Wednesday was the second of eight days of committee meetings lawmakers are scheduled to hold on the arena before then.

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Center City arena plan is missing its two most positive proposals | Editorial

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and City Council seem more focused on political expediency than striking an arena deal that is best ...

Center City apartment complex evacuated after fire; 1 hospitalized for smoke inhalation

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A Center City apartment complex was evacuated Tuesday night after a fire broke out. A viewer sent ...

Residents trapped on roof trying to escape high-rise apartment fire in Center City

PHILADELPHIA - Flames erupted from an apartment building in Center City, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate their ...

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Center City Philadelphia brings back car-free Open Streets: West Walnut for holiday season

The Center City District is bringing back car-free Open Streets: West Walnut for two Sundays in December after a successful ...

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Smoky fire forces residents from Center City high-rise apartment building

Smoke could be seen coming from a burning Center City high-rise apartment in Philadelphia overnight as residents streamed out ...

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Philadelphia City Council grills the 76ers in Day 2 of hearings on the proposal for a Center City arena

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia City Council pressed the 76ers for more money, in the second day of ...

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Sixers executives answer to city council

The Philadelphia City Council held their second day of hearings for the proposed 76ers arena in center city. The Inquirer ...

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This Veterans Day, let’s imagine a veterans health and wellness village in Center City

What if the dormant Hahnemann University Hospital properties in Center City were modernized and repurposed into a veterans ...

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