Philadelphia: Where Winners Come to Play

Lincoln Financial Field

Home of the Philadelphia Eagles, Lincoln Financial Field is also the stadium where the Temple Owls football team competes. With a seating capacity of 69,176, “The Linc” plays host to eight regular-season Eagles games per year, and serves as the home of the classic Army-Navy Game and a number of NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championships. The Linc has also entertained many international soccer matches, including the FIFA Women’s World Cup, Gold Cup, Copa America and U.S. Men’s National Team competitions. Numerous concerts have also taken place at the stadium, including shows by Bruce Springsteen, Fall Out Boy, Kenny Chesney, U2, Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw, One Direction and Beyonce. The stadium opened in 2003 and contains 172 luxury suites.

Sports: Football, soccer, lacrosse

Wells Fargo Center

This multi-purpose indoor arena is the home of the National Hockey League’s Philadelphia Flyers and the National Basketball Association’s Philadelphia 76ers. The arena is a part of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex, which also includes Lincoln Financial Field, Citizens Bank Park and Xfinity Live! Completed in 1996 at a cost of $210 million, the Wells Fargo Center seats 20,478. The arena has been the site of numerous national events, including the NCAA Men’s Basketball Regionals, NCAA Wrestling Championships, NCAA Frozen Four, the World Cup of Hockey and much more.

Sports: Basketball, hockey, wrestling

Talen Energy Stadium

A soccer-specific stadium located outside Philadelphia, Talen Energy Stadium is the home stadium of Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union. It opened in 2010 at a cost of $120 million and resides on Chester’s waterfront along the Delaware River. The stadium has played host to the MLS All-Star Game, quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship, the annual Collegiate Rugby Championships and international rugby matches including the US Men’s National Team and the world-famous New Zealand All Blacks.

Sports: Soccer, Lacrosse, rugby football, Ultimate Frisbee

Citizens Bank Park

Citizens Bank Park is the home park of Major League Baseball’s Philadelphia Phillies. Opened in 2004, the park contains 43,305 seats and contains a slew of distinguishing features, including an Ashburn Alley and All-Star Walk, which pays tribute to Phillies players that have played in the MLB All-Star Game.  In 2012, the stadium hosted the NHL’s Winter Classic on New Year’s Day, as well as a number of concerts, runs and other events.

Sports: Baseball, hockey

Franklin Field, University of Pennsylvania

This historic stadium is longtime home to the Penn Relays, the world’s oldest and largest relay meet, and is the University of Pennsylvania’s stadium for football, track and field and lacrosse. Franklin Field has been declared by the NCAA the oldest stadium still operating for football and was the site of the nation’s first scoreboard in 1895, as well as the nation’s first stadium with an upper deck in 1922.  The stadium is also former home to the Philadelphia Eagles, the Army-Navy Game and numerous other events including the NCAA Field Hockey Championships.  Its current capacity is 52,958.

Sports: Football, track and field, lacrosse

Liacouras Center

This 10,200-seat multipurpose venue opened in 1997 and was originally named “The Apollo of Temple.” The Temple men’s basketball team plays its home games in the arena, which is Philadelphia’s largest indoor venue north of City Hall. The complex is also a full-entertainment arena that features boxing matches, concerts, family shows and Philly Roller Derby bouts. The venue also houses the Independence Blue Cross Recreation Center, which includes a gym, basketball court and racquetball courts.

Sports: Basketball, boxing, roller derby

Pennsylvania Convention Center

Located in the heart of the City of Philadelphia — both geographically and culturally — the Convention Center offers more than 11,000 hotel rooms within a 15-minute walk and boasts famed landmarks within short walks of the facility, including Independence Hall in America’s most historic square mile. Attached to the facility is the culinary melting pot known as Reading Terminal Market.

Expansion in 2011 increased the center’s capacity by nearly 60 percent, making it one of the largest facilities in the country. It also boasts the largest ballroom in the Northeast.  The Center hosts the Northeast Qualifier volleyball championship annually, which includes 10,000 young women playing over two weekends, as well as conventions including the United Soccer Coaches, US Lacrosse and National Athletic Trainers, among many others.

Sports: Volleyball, boxing, auto show