Councilmember Mark Squilla (1st District), whose District includes the proposed site of the arena, introduced 13 pieces of legislation on October 24, 2024. The bills introduced are as follows: Bills #240963, #240964, #240965, #240966, #240967, #240968, #240969, #240970, #240971, #240972, #240973 and Resolutions #240999 and #241000.
Go to City Council’s Legislative Information Center to see the arena legislation.
View translated arena legislation here.
Council approved Resolutions #240999 and #241000 by a roll call vote at the October 31 City Council session. Passage of Resolutions #240999 and #241000 was merely a procedural step and it does not approve any substantive legislation related to the arena and does not limit in any way Council’s ability to fully vet and scrutinize the arena proposal. It is the bills/ordinances that enact the changes required for the arena project, not the resolutions.
Councilmember Squilla has gathered feedback from various Philadelphians and community groups on the proposed bills or ordinances from Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker before deciding whether to introduce the legislation in Council.
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker announced on September 18, 2024, her support for a proposed new Sixers Arena (76 Place) in Center City. On September 25, Mayor Parker held a public meeting concerning the agreement between the City of Philadelphia and the 76ers for an arena in Center City. The Mayor also released her Administration’s 11 proposed bills for the project on September 25 for public review. Click here to review them.
A document released on September 25 was presented to attendees to give an overview of the key details behind the agreement. Click here to see the September 25 presentation.
Watch video of the entire September 25 meeting presentation here (Fox 29 YouTube page)
IMPORTANT
Due to high volumes, we have closed our primary sign up list for public comment on December 2, 2024. Additional requestors will be added to our waitlist and we will do what we can to ensure they have an opportunity to speak. Alternatively, you may submit written comments to [email protected] for them to be added to the record.
Speakers interested in providing testimony at the Sixers Arena Committee of the Whole hearings on November 19, 20, 21, 26 and December 2 can call the Chief Clerk’s Office at (215) 686-3407 or via email at [email protected] by 3 p.m. the day before they want to testify and submit the following information:
- Full name
- Telephone Number
- Identify the bill number or resolution number or numbers that will be addressed and what day the person wants to testify.
Speakers who submitted the above information will be placed on a list to testify at the specific hearing they have selected. Anyone can also come to the November 19, 20, 21, 26 and December 2 public comment sessions inside Room 400 (fourth floor) of City Hall and sign up to testify at that day’s hearing.
If a speaker attending one of the Committee of the Whole hearings has written comments they would like to be added to the official transcript of Council, please provide one (1) copy to the Sergeant of Arms before you speak, and your written remarks will be given to the stenographer for inclusion in the record.
If anyone is in need to translation services for the Sixer Arena hearings, please contact the Chief Clerk’s Office at (215) 686-3407 or via email at [email protected]
The public can watch all Committee hearings live by watching Xfinity Channel 64 and Fios Channel 40 if you have cable TV in Philadelphia, or stream online here.
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The Sixers Arena legislation has been assigned to City Council's Committee of the Whole. The Committee of the Whole is made up of all 17 members of City Council and chaired by Council President Kenyatta Johnson (Second District). The Committee will have a series of public hearings on the bills in November and December 2024.
Here is the hearing schedule (subject to change).
On August 26, the City of Philadelphia released four separate reports from third-party consultants hired to conduct analyses of a proposal for a new Sixers arena in Center City. The four reports include: 1) a community impact assessment; 2) an economic impact analysis 3) a design consulting; and 4) a traffic, transportation and parking analysis.
Each of the four reports from these consultant teams are here for review.