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Philadelphia Flyers fans
Earlier this week, we got our first look at the new arena in South Philadelphia that will welcome the 76ers and the Flyers in 2030. However, the rendering was quietly updated after people noticed there wasn’t a single woman to be found in a graphic featuring a hypothetical scene outside of an NHL game.
The venue that is currently known as Xfinity Mobile Arena has served as the home of the 76ers and the Flyers since it opened for business in 1996 (the two teams shared what was known as “The Spectrum,” which hosted its first event in 1967, prior to that point).
In 2022, the Sixers revealed a plan to construct a new venue in Center City, which was greeted with a ton of pushback from residents, businesses, and politicians who objected to the proposal due to its potential impact on the local community (primarily the nearby Chinatown).
The franchise ultimately scuttled that concept and teamed up with the Flyers for a new project, which will involve the construction of an arena near their current home, the South Philadelphia Sports Complex, which it shares with Citizens Bank Park and Lincoln Financial Field.
What has been dubbed “Philadelphia Arena” for now has an estimated cost of $1.5 billion and will also be the home of the as-yet-unnamed WNBA team that will play its inaugural season there when the venue opens in 2030.
We got our first look at the design when renderings were released this week, although they needed to be tweaked due to a slightly awkward oversight.
A rendering for the new arena in Philadelphia was updated after designers failed to picture a single woman heading into a Flyers game
You probably won’t be surprised to learn men comprise the majority of the fans who tune into and attend games involving teams that are affiliated with North America’s “Big Four” sports leagues; the NFL boasts the highest amount of parity on that front with a 53%/47% split, while the rest hover closer to 60/40.
However, you might have been led to believe the divide was much starker when it comes to the Flyers based on the initial rendering that was released on Tuesday, as the scene outside the arena for one of their games looked like the last college party you’d ever want to attend when you consider it exclusively consisted of guys
im crying bro there are no women going to the flyers game ??? 😭😭😭😭😭 https://t.co/w1u0e1kYl1
— ltz ໒꒰ྀི˶•.•˵꒱ྀི১ (@magicaIgirI) September 8, 2026
That apparently came to the attention of the folks at Populous (which is designing the arena in conjunction with architecture firm Moody Nolan), as the rendering in question has since been updated to add some women into the mix.
The rendering showing Flyers fans arriving at the new arena in South Philly has been quietly updated on the project’s website. The original (left) caught attention for a general lack of women. New rendering (right) appears to correct that https://t.co/WgzN0Avws6 pic.twitter.com/1AfH37OO0t
— katie krzaczek (@hashtagkatie) September 10, 2026
Oops.