After abandoning the idea of designing a room in the city center, the owners of the Sixers decided to start a plan B, and they chose Populous, an architectural firm specializing in the design of stadiums and rooms, to develop the plans of their new room. They will collaborate with the Cabinet Moody Nolan, who has a office on Market Street.
“Our goal has always been clear: to bring to the city of Philadelphia the largest sports and entertainment site in the world”, said David Adelmana homonym of the Denver coach, who had carried out the project of a sports complex in the city center on behalf of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE), and who is now president of the “Joint Venture” born of the rapprochement between the owners of the Sixers and Comcast spectacor.
From Indiana to Strasbourg, via Las Vegas
Populous Drawn many emblematic stadiums and sites such as the famous sphere in Las Vegas or the future Aramco stadium in Saudi Arabia. Under an old name, the cabinet had also designed the Baltimore Orioles Camden Yards. In addition, Populous also participated in the design of NBA rooms such as the Gainbridge Fieldhouse of the Pacers and complexes that combine sport and entertainment in Seattle and Oklahoma City. In France, they participated in the renovation of the Meinau stadium in Strasbourg.
Still located in the South Philadelphia district, such as the current Xfinity Mobile Arena (ex-Well Fargo Center), this new speaker should open its doors for the 2031/32 season.
