Comcast Spectator to upgrade Wells Fargo Center with a $250 mln investment

As reported by Philly.com, Comcast Spectator will upgrade Wells Fargo Center, the arena where the Philadelphia 76ers play, with a $250 million investment. The rebuilding project will start this summer and is expected to be completed by 2021. 

The concourse hallways throughout the arena will be widened by several feet. New windows looking north toward the city skyline will add to the ambience for fans. There will be more places to buy food, cutting down lines. Digital screens will be added. Flooring will be replaced and player locker rooms redone.

First up for the upgrade: the mezzanine (200 level) this summer. Here, Comcast Spectacor will carve out two lounges by tearing out cinder block walls on the southeast and northeast corners, adding about 7,000 square feet for fans to drink and talk. Both were “void spaces” without public access, and one has served as the employee gym for years.