Spectrum
The Spectrum was an indoor arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The arena opened in September 1967 as part of what is now known as the South Philadelphia Sports Complex.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: indoor arena
- Description: former indoor arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “CoreStates Spectrum”, “First Union Spectrum”, “Philadelphia Spectrum”, “Spectrum Sports Arena”, “The Spectrum”, and “Wachovia Spectrum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Xfinity Mobile Arena and Lincoln Financial Field.
Xfinity Mobile Arena
Sports venue
Xfinity Mobile Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Philadelphia. It serves as the home of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association, and the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League. Xfinity Mobile Arena is situated 940 feet south of Spectrum.
Lincoln Financial Field
Stadium
Photo: Betp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lincoln Financial Field is an American football stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. It is the home stadium of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League and the Temple Owls football team of Temple University. Lincoln Financial Field is situated 1,500 feet southeast of Spectrum.
Citizens Bank Park
Stadium
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Citizens Bank Park is a baseball stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Home to Major League Baseball's Philadelphia Phillies, the stadium opened April 3, 2004. Citizens Bank Park is situated 1,600 feet northeast of Spectrum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Packer Park and Whitman.
Packer Park
Neighborhood
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Packer Park is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States that originally included 1,000 homes built in two unique builder developments, of Packer Park in the 1950s and Brinton Estates during the 1990s.
Whitman
Neighborhood
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Whitman is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is bounded on the west by Sixth Street, on the east by Front Street, on the south by Bigler Street, and on the north by Snyder Avenue.
South Philadelphia
Photo: Massimo Catarinella, CC BY 3.0.
South Philly is a district of Philadelphia. Famous for its Italian heritage and for being featured in the 1970s movie Rocky, South Philly is home to FDR Park and most of Philadelphia's major professional sports teams.
Spectrum
- Category: ice hockey rink
- Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Spectrum from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“Spectrum” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “The Spectrum”
- Catalan: “The Spectrum”
- Cebuano: “Wachovia Spectrum”
- Chinese: “光譜體育館”
- Chinese: “光谱体育场”
- Chinese: “光谱竞技场”
- Chinese: “瓦喬維亞中心”
- Dutch: “Spectrum”
- Finnish: “Spectrum”
- French: “CoreStates Spectrum”
- French: “First Union Spectrum”
- French: “Philadelphia Spectrum”
- French: “Spectrum”
- French: “The Spectrum”
- French: “Wachovia Spectrum”
- German: “Philadelphia Spectrum”
- German: “Wachovia Spectrum”
- Hebrew: “ספקטרום (אולם ספורט)”
- Hebrew: “ספקטרום”
- Italian: “Spectrum”
- Japanese: “ワコビア・スペクトラム”
- Japanese: “ワコビアスペクトル”
- Korean: “스펙트럼”
- Russian: “Спектрум (стадион)”
- Russian: “Спектрум”
- Spanish: “First Union Spectrum”
- Spanish: “Philadelphia Spectrum”
- Spanish: “The Spectrum”
- Spanish: “Wachovia Spectrum”
- Swedish: “The Spectrum”
- Swedish: “Wachovia Spectrum”
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