South Philly's entertainment venue Xfinity Live! set to open at sports complex

QUICKLY AND quietly, South Philadelphia's fourth sports venue is rising from rubble where the Spectrum once stood.

With inviting fire pits, patio seating and an outdoor bar built from Spectrum bricks, Xfinity Live! opens in the shadow of the Wells Fargo Center, Citizens Bank Park and Lincoln Financial Field with the bang of a free, outdoor concert performed by Third Eye Blind just 3 weeks from today.

Open the doors to South Philly's new, 60,000-square-foot palace and you will be drawn to the centerpiece, NBC Sports Arena's custom-built, 37-foot HD television with a sports ticker that surrounds the "Philadelphia Marketplace."

Picture this: a 37-foot television flanked by nine 65-inch flat panels on the left, another nine on the right, and eight more 65-inchers below, as the backdrop to a room-length granite bar.

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