As city leaders push to meet a possible end-of-year deadline to approve the Philadelphia 76ers proposal for a new arena in Market East, opponents once again demanded City Council vote no.
It was smiles all around on the second floor of City Hall as the mayor signed bills on street safety and a road renaming, but the elephant in the room was the push to get the Sixers arena approved by an end-of-year deadline.After first rejecting the idea, the Sixers now say they’ll pour more money into a $50 million community fund, as talks continue, but when pressed on that new figure, the mayor passed.
As hearings on the plan wrapped up Tuesday in City Council, the body scheduled an early session for Thursday, possibly to vote the arena legislation out of committee and begin the process for potential final approval. But opposition within Chinatown remains strong.Romana Lee-Akiyama is a member of the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation.
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