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Sixers eye more than a new arena along Philly’s Delaware waterfront | Inga Saffron

The Sixers are promising to bring thousands of apartments, a hotel, two museums, a dozen restaurants, a supermarket, a new public school — along with that 19,000-seat arena — to the waterfront.

The Sixers franchise is vying to control the development rights to Penn's Landing on the Delaware waterfront. Its plan calls for building an arena at the northern end of the site, near Market Street, and thousands of apartments.
The Sixers franchise is vying to control the development rights to Penn's Landing on the Delaware waterfront. Its plan calls for building an arena at the northern end of the site, near Market Street, and thousands of apartments.Read moreYONG KIM / Staff Photographer
    by Inga Saffron | Columnist
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