Daily News | City of Philadelphia says it will independently evaluate Sixers arena proposal
Mayor Jim Kenney has announced that the city will undertake an independent and comprehensive evaluation of the impact, opportunities and challenges of the Sixers’ plans to build a $1.3 billion arena in Center City.
“Given the size and scope of this proposed project, it is too early in the process to know the specific impacts of the proposed downtown arena,” said Kenney, who is in his last year in office. “That is why over the coming months, several city and public agency partners, as well as third-party consultants, will complete various technical studies to ascertain the feasibility and impacts of an arena in the proposed location.
The arena project has become a major issue in the heated race for mayor, ahead of the May 16 primary election, and became a key point of contention among the candidates during a televised debate Tuesday night. Gym said she recently met with Adelman. After initially saying the two didn’t “discuss anything,” she later said she told him she was not in favor of public subsidies for arena projects. She also invoked recent news that a professional sports team — which many believe to be the Sixers — gave $250,000 to a super PAC backing Jeff Brown’s candidacy, saying: “It is kind of trash that they tried to buy one of the candidates on this stage.
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