A new arena for the Sixers and Flyers is coming to South Philadelphia in a 50/50 partnership with Comcast Spectacor and Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment.

It is a head-spin development from the fight the 76ers have lodged over the last two years when it sought to build a new arena in Chinatown and close to the city’s center, and as it went to battle with Comcast,

After years of planning and ongoing debate, the planners behind a proposal to bring a Sixers arena to Center City have backtracked. Instead, the team will get a new arena in South Philly, an official claimed.