The story
The only venue to host NBA and NHL All-Star Games in the same season, where the Grateful Dead played 53 times and Pearl Jam gave the haunting final performance.
Everything that was here
- 1967–2009
The SpectrumArena
The only venue to host NBA and NHL All-Star Games in the same season, where the Grateful Dead played 53 times and Pearl Jam gave the haunting final performance.
See the map in 1968 → - 1990–2007
Zanzibar BlueJazz Club
Philadelphia's premier jazz club hosted legends from Nancy Wilson to Grover Washington Jr. before rent nearly doubled and the music stopped.
See the map in 1991 → - 1971–2003
Veterans StadiumStadium
Known for its notoriously rowdy fans and an on-site courtroom to handle game-day arrests, The Vet was imploded in just 62 seconds.
See the map in 1972 → - 1926–1989
JFK StadiumStadium
The crumbling concrete bowl that hosted Live Aid, the Beatles' last Philadelphia concert, and broadcast to over a billion people worldwide.
See the map in 1927 → - 1904–1986
The Bellevue-Stratford HotelHotel
The 'Grande Dame of Broad Street' became ground zero for the deadliest mystery illness of the 20th century, killing 29 and spawning Legionnaires' disease.
See the map in 1905 → - 1950–1966
South Philadelphia Drive-InTheater
Demolished to make way for Veterans Stadium, itself now demolished.
See the map in 1951 →
Nearby history
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