Nearly one month after Philadelphia City Council approved a package of bills giving the green light to the Philadelphia 76ers to build an arena in the Market East section of Center City, Gov. Josh Shapiro told reporters he hopes it will have a positive economic impact on the area.
“City Council and the mayor made clear that they want to see that arena on Market Street. The Sixers now have what they need to move forward and to build,” Shapiro said in response to a question from the Capital-Star at an unrelated press conference on Friday in Northeast Philadelphia.
“That’s obviously been an area of the city… that’s kind of struggled economically,” he continued. “I’m hoping that this is going to lead to some greater vitality, greater economic opportunity and greater number of wins for the Sixers that they relocate to Market Street.”…