South Philadelphia Sports Complex

Why go

South Philadelphia Sports Complex earns time because it offers Philadelphia sports culture at its largest urban scale. Its central thread is three major venues and broad event plazas at Broad Street's southern end. Citizens Bank Park, Lincoln Financial Field and the arena form one concentrated venue landscape. Broad Street and the subway reveal how crowds enter and leave the district.

What to look for

• Citizens Bank Park, Lincoln Financial Field and the arena form one concentrated venue landscape.
• Broad Street and the subway reveal how crowds enter and leave the district.

The full story

South Philadelphia Sports Complex is best understood through three major venues and broad event plazas at Broad Street's southern end. The South Philadelphia Sports Complex is the current home of Philadelphia's professional sports teams. It is the site of the Wells Fargo Center, Lincoln Financial Field, Citizens Bank Park, and a retail/entertainment center Xfinity Live!. The South Philadelphia Sports Complex was also once home to John F. Kennedy Stadium, Veterans Stadium and the Spectrum. Prior to its development, it was a shanty town known as "The Neck" of the undeveloped League Island area formerly Passyunk Township. Oregon Avenue was the southern border end of the city up to the 1920s. In 1926 the City selected the area south of Oregon Avenue for the 1926 Sesquicentennial International Exposition and developed the large river delta land south of Oregon Avenue. South Broad Street was a grand European-styled boulevard surrounded by massive exhibit buildings and structures that were to be a testament to American science, culture, and progress for the future. Following the close of the celebration of this 150 years of American Independence on the Avenue of the Colonies of South Broad Street came quick total demolition except of the stadium.

Useful to know

• Check the event calendar and bag rules before traveling.
• Use the subway on busy dates because parking traffic can dominate the surrounding roads.

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