The Philadelphia 76ers are seriously considering relocating to New Jersey: “The reality is, we are running out of time to reach an agreement that will allow the 76ers to open our new home in time for the 2031-32 season. As a result, we must take all potential options seriously, including this one.”
September 4, 2024
The Philadelphia 76ers are seriously considering relocating to New Jersey: “The reality is, we are running out of time to reach an agreement that will allow the 76ers to open our new home in time for the 2031-32 season. As a result, we must take all potential options seriously, including this one.”
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the new jersey 76ers
Kinda sucks that this is the reality for sports fans now where literally every single time a team wants a new stadium built, they will hold the franchise hostage until they get the funding they want from their cities.
nothing so perfectly distills the essence of this pretender sixers era than them not even playing in Philadelphia
Philly is a dope city. I think New Jersey is a much better fit for the Sixers..
Instead of 50/50 fan split in a knicks playoff series itll be 75/25 now
all I can think of is in The Other Guys
“Gentleman, you have a choice. Mamma Mia or Jersey Boys?”
I think it’s time we pass a Constitutional Amendment that professional sports teams or any level of government cannot use taxpayer money to build or refurbish arenas.
As long as the billionaire pays for the arena construction, I don’t know why Philly wouldn’t welcome it.
I love how pro teams now extort the cities they play in for millions in tax breaks, then keep all the profits for themselves.
Infuriating. I want to throw up.
Literally the 4th biggest media market in the country at the risk of losing their team. Crazy times.
This is just them pressuring the city into giving them taxpayer money. At least for now
Edit: Turns out the stadium is privately funded, they just want the space to build it in
Camden, NJ is roughly 10-12 minutes away from Philadelphia. So I assume they would keep the same name, the stadium would just move a few miles away into a different state.
Maybe the 76ers can ask ballmer to build them a dome
This just frees up one of the expansion teams going to Philly. They could call them the Kensington Zombies
The NJ Swamp Dragons rise again
Philly fans suffered through the process years just for the team to leave the city
Honestly if we can’t make the ECF this year then New Jersey can take them
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As a native Philadelphian: Enjoy Jersey! The trip to the stadium will be just about the same, and it won’t mean giving a bunch of money to some billionaires to ruin a neighborhood
This isn’t so dramatic as South Jersey is part of Greater Philadelphia Area. They’ll keep the name and affiliation.
I feel like most of the people commenting don’t understand that New Jersey is literally a 10 minute drive from Philly. So I’m guessing they will keep everything about the Sixers franchise, including keeping Philadelphia as the team name, if they do move to New Jersey.
This feels so absurd and surreal so that makes me think it might happen. Also, it’s lowkey funny so I kinda want it to happen (also it’d be more convenient for me but eh idk really I’m fine where it is tbh)
the practice facility has s already in South Jersey, I bet half the guys have houses there, make it happen boys.
For the countless uninformed coming in here to bitch about publicly funded arenas:
– The Sixers want to build an arena in Market East in Center City Philly location that is *privately* funded. It would replace a really shitty run down mall / “fashion” shopping area. – The city is blocking it largely because of concerns this may have on Chinatown nearby – Camden is offering tax breaks to lure the team across the river, the team hasn’t been *asking* for handouts.
Get your facts straight and quit with your out of context bullshit uniformed reactions please.
I think some of yall just need to remember your geography. Philadelphia is right next to new jersey
We’re are running out of time for a season that doesnt start for another 7 years lol give me a break. Just a negotiation tactic. Nothings gonna come out of this
Sixers: “We want to build an arena on a dead mall since it sits at the epicenter of the entire regions public transit network, and we will pay for it ourselves.”
Comcast: *Teams up with NIMBYs to try and torpedo the plan so the Sixers have to keep paying them to play in the arena they own.*
Average r/nba user: “Wow can’t believe these evil owners are trying to extort the city for tax money, why don’t they pay for their own stadiums 😡😡😡”
There is no way this is happening.
Owners are just trying to get leverage from Philadelphia government. Expect more articles like this!
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the new jersey 76ers
Kinda sucks that this is the reality for sports fans now where literally every single time a team wants a new stadium built, they will hold the franchise hostage until they get the funding they want from their cities.
nothing so perfectly distills the essence of this pretender sixers era than them not even playing in Philadelphia
Philly is a dope city. I think New Jersey is a much better fit for the Sixers..
Instead of 50/50 fan split in a knicks playoff series itll be 75/25 now
all I can think of is in The Other Guys
“Gentleman, you have a choice. Mamma Mia or Jersey Boys?”
I think it’s time we pass a Constitutional Amendment that professional sports teams or any level of government cannot use taxpayer money to build or refurbish arenas.
As long as the billionaire pays for the arena construction, I don’t know why Philly wouldn’t welcome it.
I love how pro teams now extort the cities they play in for millions in tax breaks, then keep all the profits for themselves.
Infuriating. I want to throw up.
Literally the 4th biggest media market in the country at the risk of losing their team. Crazy times.
This is just them pressuring the city into giving them taxpayer money. At least for now
Edit: Turns out the stadium is privately funded, they just want the space to build it in
Camden, NJ is roughly 10-12 minutes away from Philadelphia. So I assume they would keep the same name, the stadium would just move a few miles away into a different state.
Maybe the 76ers can ask ballmer to build them a dome
This just frees up one of the expansion teams going to Philly. They could call them the Kensington Zombies
The NJ Swamp Dragons rise again
Philly fans suffered through the process years just for the team to leave the city
Honestly if we can’t make the ECF this year then New Jersey can take them
[deleted]
As a native Philadelphian: Enjoy Jersey! The trip to the stadium will be just about the same, and it won’t mean giving a bunch of money to some billionaires to ruin a neighborhood
This isn’t so dramatic as South Jersey is part of Greater Philadelphia Area. They’ll keep the name and affiliation.
I feel like most of the people commenting don’t understand that New Jersey is literally a 10 minute drive from Philly. So I’m guessing they will keep everything about the Sixers franchise, including keeping Philadelphia as the team name, if they do move to New Jersey.
This feels so absurd and surreal so that makes me think it might happen. Also, it’s lowkey funny so I kinda want it to happen (also it’d be more convenient for me but eh idk really I’m fine where it is tbh)
the practice facility has s already in South Jersey, I bet half the guys have houses there, make it happen boys.
For the countless uninformed coming in here to bitch about publicly funded arenas:
– The Sixers want to build an arena in Market East in Center City Philly location that is *privately* funded. It would replace a really shitty run down mall / “fashion” shopping area.
– The city is blocking it largely because of concerns this may have on Chinatown nearby
– Camden is offering tax breaks to lure the team across the river, the team hasn’t been *asking* for handouts.
Get your facts straight and quit with your out of context bullshit uniformed reactions please.
I think some of yall just need to remember your geography. Philadelphia is right next to new jersey
We’re are running out of time for a season that doesnt start for another 7 years lol give me a break. Just a negotiation tactic. Nothings gonna come out of this
Sixers: “We want to build an arena on a dead mall since it sits at the epicenter of the entire regions public transit network, and we will pay for it ourselves.”
Comcast: *Teams up with NIMBYs to try and torpedo the plan so the Sixers have to keep paying them to play in the arena they own.*
Average r/nba user: “Wow can’t believe these evil owners are trying to extort the city for tax money, why don’t they pay for their own stadiums 😡😡😡”
There is no way this is happening.
Owners are just trying to get leverage from Philadelphia government. Expect more articles like this!