Patient care and safety are increasingly at the center of the debate around how a Sixers sports arena in Center City would impact health outcomes in Center City and across Philadelphia.
That is why the advocacy group No Arena Jeff Med has rebranded itself as No Arena Philly Med — to address pushback from Jefferson Health management over its name being associated with the effort, as well as to better represent the growing scope of healthcare workers from across the Philadelphia region who oppose the arena coming to Market Street between 10th and 11th streets.
No Arena Jeff Med was started a few months ago, by a medical employee at Jefferson “who could see the dire emergency medical implications of this project coming,” the group said in a statement to Billy Penn. Interest among medical workers grew after Mayor Cherelle Parker announced her endorsement of the $1.55 billion arena plan on September 18…