The Broad Street Blog

It’s official, America’s Showplace, The Spectrum, is coming down after 42 years. The demolition will be scheduled to happen after the upcoming hockey and soccer seasons. Earlier this year, Comcast-Spectacor Chairman Ed Snider and President Peter Luukko announced Philly Live!, a “destination retail, dining and entertainment area adjacent to the Wachovia Center.” At the time, the fate of the Spectrum was said to be undecided, but plans showed it was probably going to be replaced.

Well, it’s been slow with news from the Flyers lately. Unlike other teams, they aren’t replacing coaches or GMs. But that should all change with Free Agency fast approaching. Today the Flyers posted a video recap of last season. Enjoy.

After yesterday’s reflection of the 25th anniversary of no major sports championships in Philadelphia, I just wanted to make a quick mention of a show that is opening up downtown. The show is called “The Philly Fan” and here is what is being said about it.

Flyers fans, and all Philadelphia sports fans for that matter, are left to reflect on a dubious anniversary today. It has been 25 years since one of the 4 major sports teams from the City of Philadelphia last won a championship. That team was the 1983 76ers.

The Flyers now know who their opponent will be in the Eastern Conference Finals. They will by playing their cross-state rivals, the Pittsburgh Penguins. This afternoon the Penguins eliminated the New York Rangers in overtime off of a goal from Marian Hossa.
The series will start in Pittsburgh, as they were the [...]

Two weeks ago, the Washington Post’s resident hockey novice Mike Wise put together an inflammatory column about the Flyers, their fans, and the city of Philadelphia. Although Wise later commented that the article was meant to be a piece of satire, the tone seemed anything but satirical. Many took offense to the article, [...]