Mac Rating: 5.00 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 02:30:00

Five names in three decades, and Philadelphians have shrugged through all of them - the building at 3601 South Broad Street is simply where the Sixers and Flyers play. The arena opened on August 31, 1996 with the World Cup of Hockey as the CoreStates Center, and became Xfinity Mobile Arena on August 14, 2025 after runs as First Union Center, Wachovia Center and fifteen years as the Wells Fargo Center. The $210 million building rose on the former site of JFK Stadium to replace the Spectrum, largely privately financed by Comcast Spectacor, which still owns it; the name changes tracked a chain of bank mergers until Comcast put its own mobile brand on the roof. Capacity runs to 20,478 for basketball - about 21,000 with standing room - and 19,173 for hockey, with the building serving the 76ers, the Flyers and the Wings of the National Lacrosse League as one of the busiest arenas in the world. The sports history inside spans Eric Lindros and Allen Iverson to Joel Embiid, NCAA Tournament weekends, Stanley Cup and NBA Finals runs, plus the 2000 Republican National Convention and a quarter century of every major concert tour that routes through the Northeast. Comcast Spectacor completed a $400 million rolling renovation of the building in 2024, even as its replacement took shape - a joint venture arena with Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment set to open in South Philadelphia for the 2031-32 season. The Xfinity Mobile naming deal runs through 2030-31, neatly bridging to the handover, and the arena will also host Philadelphia's incoming WNBA franchise when it debuts before the move. Until then the building keeps its familiar job at the heart of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex - the loud room between the ballpark and the football stadium where the city's winters get decided.