The construction of a new basketball arena threatens to fill the neighborhood with more traffic and raise rents. The Chinatown Friendship Gate in Philadelphia. Growing up in Upper Darby—a white ...

Eleven bills related to the construction of a proposed new arena for the Philadelphia 76ers in Center City passed a final vote in City Council Thursday. Each bill required at least nine yes votes ...

The 76ers currently play in the Wells Fargo Center at the stadium complex next to Citizens Bank Park and Lincoln Financial ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Now that Philadelphia City Council has approved 76 Place, the new arena for the Sixers in Center City, the work begins to get the $1.3 billion project off the ground.

Opponents said the arena would decimate the city’s storied Chinatown. By David W. Chen Despite vociferous community opposition, the Philadelphia City Council on Thursday approved a $1.3 billion ...