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Known earlier as the "CoreStates Center" (1996–1998), the "First Union Center" (1998–2003), and the "Wachovia Center" (July 2003 – June 2010), the 20,000-plus-seat indoor arena replaced the Spectrum as the home of the Flyers, 76ers, and Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League beginning with each club's 1996–97 season. With ...
Wachovia was a diversified financial services company based in Charlotte, North Carolina.Before its acquisition by Wells Fargo and Company in 2008, Wachovia was the fourth-largest bank holding company in the United States, based on total assets. [3]
The South Philadelphia Sports Complex is the home of four major Philadelphia professional sports teams. The complex is located in South Philadelphia and is the site of Wells Fargo Center, home arena for the Philadelphia 76ers and Philadelphia Flyers, Lincoln Financial Field, home field for the Philadelphia Eagles, Citizens Bank Park, home field for the Philadelphia Phillies, and Xfinity Live ...
Wells Fargo Center, originally called Spectrum II, was completed in 1996 to replace the Spectrum as the home arena of the 76ers and Flyers, on the former site of John F. Kennedy Stadium at a cost of $210 million, largely privately financed (though the city and state helped to pay for the local infrastructure).
Channel infrastructure is still used for NBC Sports Philadelphia. SelecTV: Starion Entertainment March 31, 1989: Launched on July 23, 1978. Showtime Beyond: ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks: July 15, 2020: Launched in September 1999. Replaced by SHO×BET. Spectrum: United Cable October 6, 1985 [28] Launched on September 29, 1981. Spotlight ...
July 15: Comcast-Spectacor announces that the Wachovia Spectrum will be demolished. (Philadelphia Inquirer) July 10: Dow Chemical Company announces that is buying Philadelphia based Rohm and Haas. July 7: Philadelphia priest Herbert A. Bevard is named the bishop of Diocese of Saint Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands. (Philadelphia Daily News)
Philadelphia 76ers Syracuse Nationals; The Spectrum Wachovia Spectrum (2003–2009) First Union Spectrum (1998–2003) CoreStates Spectrum (1994–1998) 1967–1996 [a] 18,176 1967 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [63] Municipal Auditorium: 1963–1967 12,000 1930 [64] Philadelphia Arena: 7,000 1920 [65] Onondaga War Memorial: 1951–1963 6,230 1951 ...
To the immediate east is the South Philadelphia sports complex consisting of Citizens Bank Park, Lincoln Financial Field, Wachovia Spectrum, Wachovia Center, and the dining complex of Xfinity Live!. This was also the former site of now demolished Veterans Stadium, the Spectrum and John F. Kennedy Stadium.