Parker indicated that she won't be swayed by opposition from Chinatown alone when it comes to evaluating the Sixers arena proposal.
to build a new arena in Center City, but she assiduously declined to say whether she would support it if she becomes mayor.
On Thursday, two days after she won the election, she gave another indication that she is likely to end up backing the project.is one of the first major issues that will come across Parker’s desk when she takes office in January. At a news conference on the launch of her transition committee, Parker said she will waitBut she also made a comment that implied she will not be swayed solely by the vocal opposition to the proposal in, which borders the proposed site at 10th and Market Streets.
Both Squilla and Parker are allies of the building trades unions, which stand to benefit from the construction of the team-estimated $1.55 billion project and has endorsed it.
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