The 76ers have asked City Council to approve the $1.3 billion by the end of the year.
Council’s Committee of the Whole, which includes all 17 members, is scheduled to convene at 9 a.m. Wednesday. It’s unclear whether lawmakers will immediately vote on the package of legislation needed to green-light the project or whether Council President Kenyatta Johnson will recess the committee to allow more time for negotiations.
Once lawmakers are ready to move the legislation out of committee, they will first vote on amendments prepared by Squilla’s office reflecting the final negotiated deal before approving the bills and resolutions, which include zoning changes, land transfer authorizations, and other measures. The saga that led to Wednesday’s expected vote pitted a sports franchise that has called Philly home since 1963 against a neighborhood that has been a haven for the city’s Asian American community for 150 years. It also saw, with the 76ers owners at odds with Comcast. And it provided a defining moment to cap off the first year of Parker and Johnson’s tenures.
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