· some residents , who say they still are recovering from the trauma caused by the process of the 76ers abandoned plans to build a new arena on east market, feel this new situation is all too. Residents and neighborhood leaders fear the arena could further jeopardize the future of chinatown by exacerbating decades-long trends of gentrification and displacement, impacting family-owned businesses, worsening traffic and parking congestion, and increasing costs of living. · after years of protests against a plan to build a new arena for the nba’s 76ers near philadelphia ’s chinatown, a sudden reversal in those plans has left the neighborhood’s activists breathing. But advocates from the neighborhood, who have been resisting the project for the last two years, say they won’t go down without a fight. · philadelphia city officials are pressing ahead with a new arena for the 76ers, the city’s nba franchise, to be built next to its historic chinatown. Three years later, they announced they would not be moving after all and would instead stay in south philadelphia. · at a crucial political moment, thousands marched in the pouring rain in opposition to the proposed sixers arena in the heart of downtown philadelphia. Team owners say they need the council’s approval for 76 place by year’s end so they can move into their new home by 2031. · in 2022, developers proposed building an arena for the 76ers basketball team next to philadelphia ’s chinatown. · the plan now moves to city council for debate this fall.

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