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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,406
    They put my "Keystone Court" idea into this article!

    https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/sixers-new-arena-name-crowdsourced-20220727.html
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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,550
    Yeah I think they honestly should just stick with The Gallery. Bringing back that old 80's logo combined with the Spectrum-ish fonts would look pretty good.

    I'm for any reason to boost SEPTA/public trans funding.
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    As great as CBP is, I still wish this became reality


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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    Cliffy6745 said:
    I don't see why it would be an issue from the city's perspective since it's completely privately financed.  Plus I think they'd welcome 12k people coming to Center City 40+ nights a year, especially that area which has a big influx of bars and restaurants.

    They obviously need significant improvements to suburban station to make it happen, but that should happen regardless.
    The city of Philadelphia has been screwing things up for as long as we've been alive. Believe me, they will find a way. lol
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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,550
    Yeah they really shit the bed having the chance to move the ballpark, too. All that should be down at the Sports Complex is a football stadium.

    Pittsburgh really is a great location and perfect way to place a ballpark. I would've loved to see CBP have a Camden Riversharks-like setup with the bridge and skyline lording over the top.
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    Jearlpam0925 said:
    Yeah they really shit the bed having the chance to move the ballpark, too. All that should be down at the Sports Complex is a football stadium.

    Pittsburgh really is a great location and perfect way to place a ballpark. I would've loved to see CBP have a Camden Riversharks-like setup with the bridge and skyline lording over the top.

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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,550
    Something like that, but I would put home plate on the river side, scoreboard to left field - bridge and skyline behind it - third base line running the river.
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,406
    Agree Juggs - I liked The Gallery idea. You could even squeeze in a corporate sponsor with it. "The Rich White Guys Bank Gallery"
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    edited July 2022
    I think all baseball fields have to face the same direction because of the sun. I don't know if that third base line going down the river would've worked
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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,550
    edited July 2022
    The Juggler said:
    I think all baseball fields have to face the same direction because of the sun. I don't know if that third base line going down the river would've worked
    That's funny, looked it up and this is pretty interesting. Obviously to keep the sun out of the batters eye. Pretty cool graphic:


  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,030
    “Southpaw”
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,030
    The Juggler said:
    Cliffy6745 said:
    I don't see why it would be an issue from the city's perspective since it's completely privately financed.  Plus I think they'd welcome 12k people coming to Center City 40+ nights a year, especially that area which has a big influx of bars and restaurants.

    They obviously need significant improvements to suburban station to make it happen, but that should happen regardless.
    The city of Philadelphia has been screwing things up for as long as we've been alive. Believe me, they will find a way. lol
    Yeah, I get that, but the sixers aren’t staying in that arena, they don’t want to be there now and if they are going to privately fund an arena that will bring 12k people to center city, at minimum 40 times a year plus concerts and other events, not sure how you don’t do everything to make that happen 
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    Cliffy6745 said:
    The Juggler said:
    Cliffy6745 said:
    I don't see why it would be an issue from the city's perspective since it's completely privately financed.  Plus I think they'd welcome 12k people coming to Center City 40+ nights a year, especially that area which has a big influx of bars and restaurants.

    They obviously need significant improvements to suburban station to make it happen, but that should happen regardless.
    The city of Philadelphia has been screwing things up for as long as we've been alive. Believe me, they will find a way. lol
    Yeah, I get that, but the sixers aren’t staying in that arena, they don’t want to be there now and if they are going to privately fund an arena that will bring 12k people to center city, at minimum 40 times a year plus concerts and other events, not sure how you don’t do everything to make that happen 
    In theory, it all makes sense. Absolutely. My doubts remain, however. 
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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,550
    Yeah exactly things could be solved pretty quickly in a lot of areas in Philadelphia but doesn't mean it's gonna happen. Honestly think it's just a negotiation tactic for their lease. There's more than enough parking in the area, my actual concern is SEPTA and Sixers working together to ramp up the infrastructure already there (i.e. you should automatically get a Septa Key card with your ticket, increased frequency of trains, buses, etc etc).
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,406
    It's hard to exaggerate just how annoying the SEPTA Key thing is considering you used to be able to just buy a bunch of tokens and go wherever with your parents, kids, friends, whatever. It's a HUGE incentive to drive and park in Center City.
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,030
    edited July 2022
    I see no chance they stay in the Wells Fargo center 10 years from now. They’ve wanted out since day 1 and I think we’re gonna see more and more of the nba specific arenas like golden state 

    And I get what you’re saying. Just think it makes too much sense but I could see it not happening 
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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,550
    I think Key's pretty awesome but could be way better. Or the actual Sixers ticket's bar code could work. Again, like a lot of things, there's pretty much an easy fix to these things. Would be great if this whole system also had the option of just using your phone like in other cities. SEPTA on the whole is a pretty awesome transit beast for the amount of area it covers, but again it could be light years better. Things I'd love to see happen w/ SEPTA:

    • Broad Street Line extended through the Navy Yard and go to the airport - some people think this is superfluous but I really think this would be huuuuge.
    • More and more and more and more buses. Everywhere.
    • More buses.
    • Turn more buses into electrified buses with one of those trolley-like electric wire jawns overhead so they can basically run infinitely.
    • Rip out more parking and car lanes for bus-only lanes.
    • Run regional rail with more frequency (I know this is tough because basically all of the rails they run on are privately owned by CSX, etc)
    • Did I mention more buses?
    • On the city's part - I want congestion pricing and taxing yesterday.
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,406
    Subway to the airport would be awesome.
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,941
    The only thing  as surprising that people thinking the Sixers wlll build a stadium in the city instead of Camden is people still watch wrestling. I can’t believe any rational people believes either
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,406
    Wrestling: not as fake as it looks
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