Context:
The state of New Jersey is making a serious push to convince the Philadelphia 76ers to move to New Jersey and into a new arena that would be built in Camden, four people familiar with the discussions confirmed to ROI-NJ.
The sources indicated that talks have picked up recently, in part because HBSE’s efforts to build a new arena in Center City Philadelphia have hit repeated roadblocks, despite the fact that the owners have indicated they would self-finance the $1.3 billion proposed project.
The Sixers, whose current lease at the Wells Fargo Center ends after the 2030-31 season, have been looking for a new home for the better part of the past five years.
Opinion: This is a story I didn’t expect to read about, could be nothing of it but the lease ending in a few years is something to keep an eye on.
Not in south Jersey I don’t think. I have a bunch of family around SJ and went to high school in Camden County I literally never saw people repping Nets when I was younger.