Xfinity Mobile Arena
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multi-purpose indoor arena located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Key facts
- Former names
- CoreStates Center (1996–1998) First Union Center (1998–2003) Wachovia Center (2003–2010) Wells Fargo Center (2010–2025)
- Address
- 3601 South Broad Street
- Location
- Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Owner
- Comcast Spectacor
- Operator
- OVG360
- Capacity
- Basketball : 20,478 (21,305 with standing room) , Concerts : 21,000 , Ice hockey / Lacrosse : 19,173 (20,000 with standing room)
- Record attendance
- Basketball : 20,907 (January 29, 2017) , Ice hockey : 20,327 (Game 6 of 2010 Stanley Cup Final )
- Public transit
- SEPTA Metro : ( NRG ), SEPTA bus: 4 , 17
- Groundbreaking
- September 14, 1994
- Opened
- August 12, 1996
- Construction cost
- US$210 million, ($456 million in 2025 dollars )
- Architect
- Ellerbe Becket
- Project manager
- Fox Management Company
- Structural engineer
- Walter P Moore Bernard Schwartz & Associates
- Services engineer
- Flack & Kurtz
- General contractor
- L.F. Driscoll Co.
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Encyclopedic overview
Xfinity Mobile Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It serves as the home of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The arena lies at the southwest corner of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex, which includes Lincoln Financial Field, Citizens Bank Park, and Stateside Live!.
The arena, initially called Spectrum II during planning, was completed in 1996 to replace the Spectrum as the home arena of the 76ers and Flyers, on the former site of John F. Kennedy Stadium at a cost of $210 million, largely privately financed (though the city and state helped to pay for the local infrastructure). It is owned by Comcast Spectacor, which also owns the Flyers. Comcast Spectacor managed the arena until 2021, when the Oak View Group acquired Comcast Spectacor's Spectra division, and with it management of the arena, Citizens Bank Park, home of the Philadelphia Phillies and Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Philadelphia Eagles. Since opening, it has been known by a number of different names through naming rights deals and bank mergers, including CoreStates Center from 1996 to 1998, First Union Center from 1998 to 2003, Wachovia Center from 2003 to 2010, and Wells Fargo Center from 2010 to 2025. Naming rights were originally held by CoreStates Financial Corporation, which was acquired by First Union, which later also purchased Wachovia National Bank to rename itself Wachovia Corporation; the combined company was acquired by Wells Fargo in 2008.
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