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Also known as CoreStates Center, First Union Center, Wachovia Center, Wells Fargo Center

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xfinity Mobile Arena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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