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Is a Sixers arena or biomedical hub more likely to revive Philly’s East Market Street?

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I’ve always been skeptical of the claims that an 18,000-seat arena would be enough to sustain Market Street. Based on the Sixers’ projections, the building will be dark more than 200 days a year.

Sixers co-owner and lead arena developer David Adelman outlines his vision for a new Sixers arena during a public meeting held by the team on Nov. 16 in Center City.

In many ways, these strategies represent two poles of post-pandemic urban planning. As the rise of remote work has emptied out downtown office districts, cities have been forced to look for other ways to lure people into the center. Many believe they can attract people by turning their downtowns into playgrounds, where we eat, drink, play mini golf, throw darts, and come together for arena-size spectacles.

While the reports concluded that the Fashion District’s future looks grim, none evaluated whether the arena — or the bars and restaurants that might follow in its wake — are sufficient to give Market Street a new purpose. At the same time, the community impact study made it abundantly clear that the arena would devastate Chinatown.

While I wish there was more retail at street level, enough would be going on to attract visitors to Market Street daily. Like the Sixers’ proposal, this one includes a modest apartment tower on the former Greyhound bus terminal site. All this parsing suggests that Comcast Spectacor’s master plan is just another salvo in the long-running public relations battle between the two entertainment giants.

 

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