( ) -q-21- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “plans were announced.” Chinatown activists are rallying to block a planned $1.3 billion arena for the Philadelphia 76ers that recently won the support of Mayor Cherelle Parker. [CutID: <Cuts> PHILLY-76ers-CHINATOWN-house-q-MONam.mp3 Time: 21s Title: PHILLY-76ers-CHINATOWN-house-q-MONam Out-cue: plans were announced] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Economist Victor Matheson says downtown […]
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In Philadelphia, Chinatown activists rally again to stop a 76ers arena
( ) -q-21- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “plans were announced.”
Chinatown activists are rallying to block a planned $1.3 billion arena for the Philadelphia 76ers that recently won the support of Mayor Cherelle Parker.
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Out-cue: plans were announced]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Economist Victor Matheson says downtown arenas bring only a limited economic boost to city business districts.
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VERBATIM: Owners of the Sixers hope to get city council’s approval for the downtown site by year’s end so they can open the arena by 2031. Several neighborhood groups oppose the plan, fearing gridlock on game days and rising rents. Debbie Law says her family had to move its Chinatown variety store when the rent tripled after the arena plans were announced.