All these blue cities will eventually be Oakland or NYC.
Looked up, said to be around 10th or 11st Streets..yet in 2020 another site was mentioned—Penn’s Landing, on the water.
Five years to build? Well:
>>The Sixers’ lease with the Wells Fargo Center isn’t up until 2031 so the process may take a while. It’s been the team’s homecourt since the building opened in 1996.
(CBS Philly 8-27-20)
NBA.com:
>>The development will be completed in time for the 2031-2032 NBA season. Ground-breaking for the proposed project is not expected for several years. The general public and fans can stay up to date on the progress of the development project by visiting 76Place.com.
In Boston for awhile there were dreams of a megaplex that could be new homes for Red Sox, Patriots... as the Bruins and Celtics play downtown at TD Garden
>>The Boston Sports Megaplex was a sports megaplex that was proposed in the mid-1990s to replace Fenway Park, Foxboro Stadium, and create a new convention center.—Wiki
Instead, Bob Kraft built Gillette Stadium-—after flirting with Hartford—and Red Sox opted to stay at Fenway and renovate (another plan would have led to new Fenway nearby).
I believe Kraft put up his stadium with private funds but state kicked in for infrastructure/ roads
I moved back to Montana in 2022 after 25 years in Portland. Grew up here and love it and the politics of the city I live in is a 180 from what Portland turned into during the time we raised our family there.