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How Temple’s Liacouras Center was transformed into a hospital site for the coronavirus pandemic

If a surge of COVID-19 cases floods Philadelphia’s hospitals in the coming weeks, the arena has beds for more than 200 patients, and potentially more.

Members of Pennsylvania Task Force 1 transform the Liacouras Center into a federal medical station on the campus of Temple University in Philadelphia.
Members of Pennsylvania Task Force 1 transform the Liacouras Center into a federal medical station on the campus of Temple University in Philadelphia.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer