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Best Seats at Xfinity Mobile Arena
Philadelphia takes its winter sports personally, and this is where it does it. The Flyers and the Sixers share one roof at the bottom of Broad Street, the crowd boos with conviction and sings with more, and this season the building has something it rarely gets: two teams coming off playoff series wins and a 41-year-old LeBron James in a Sixers jersey. You may still know it as the Wells Fargo Center — it became Xfinity Mobile Arena in September 2025, its fifth name since 1996, and half the city hasn’t switched over yet.
The reality is that neither team has won a title in this building, and the building has always lived in the shadow of the Spectrum that stood next door. But a $400 million renovation turned it into one of the better rooms in either league to watch a game, and with a replacement arena targeted for 2030, the clock on this one is running. Here’s where to sit and how to navigate Xfinity Mobile Arena.
Seating Overview
The bowl has three public tiers: the 100-level lower bowl (101–124), the Bank of America Club Level in a ring above it, and the mezzanine 200s (201–224), with the New City Terrace standing area at the very top. Sections 101 and 113 sit at center court and center ice. The Flyers attack the south end twice — the 105–110 range downstairs and 204–210 upstairs — and the Sixers’ bench sits in front of 102–103. For hockey, height beats proximity; for basketball, get low.
Best Seats for a Flyers Game
Mezzanine front rows at the south end, 204–210. You get the whole sheet, every breakout and line change, with the Flyers coming at you for two periods. Mezzanine sections run about 15 rows, so the row matters more than the section — rows 1–5 are the buy.
Lower bowl, south end and corners, roughly 105–110. Close enough to hear the hits, angled enough to see both nets, and cheaper than center ice. Sit row 10 or higher — lower than that, the glass and boards swallow the far corner.
Center ice, 101 and 113. The most balanced view in the building and priced like it. Middle rows read the game better than the first five.
Best Seats for a 76ers Game
Lower sidelines, 101–103 and 111–113. Midcourt, low, and loud — the seat worth stretching for if this is a one-time trip. Sit behind 102–103 to be right behind the Sixers’ bench; the visitors are in front of 123–124.
Lower corners, but only from row 10 up. The corner sections are angled for a hockey rink, so for basketball the low rows face the baseline instead of the floor. Higher rows fix most of that at a real discount.
Mezzanine sideline above 101 and 113. A clean full-court view for a fraction of the lower-bowl price. Skip the back half of the mezzanine for basketball — a 94-foot floor shrinks fast from up there.
Best Value Seats
The front five rows of any mezzanine section. This is the one rule that holds for every event in the building: a low mezzanine row out-sees the back half of the lower bowl and usually costs less. Sort by row before you sort by section.
Club Level seats on resale. Club tickets add in-seat service, the club bars and access to reserve a table at Primepoint Social. Check them against lower-bowl prices before you buy — the gap is sometimes smaller than you’d think.
Cheapest Way In
Standing room in the Assembly Room. It’s the Flyers’ lowest price point and gets you onto the New City Terrace — two bars, two eateries, four fireplaces and rail space looking down on the ice — and it opens for Sixers games and select events too. The catch: the view is only good if you claim a rail spot early, and on a sellout it’s packed.
The back rows of the mezzanine. The plain cheapest seat. It’s steep and high, so if heights bother you, know that going in.
Our Pick
Rows 1–5 of mezzanine 204–210 for a Flyers game; lower-bowl 101–103 or 111–113 for the Sixers. Hockey rewards height and basketball rewards being close — picking the same seat for both is the most common way people overpay here.
What to Avoid (and What’s Worth Trying Once)
The last few rows of any mezzanine section. The pitch is aggressive, the aisles are narrow and every food run means climbing past a full row twice. You save very little over the front of the same section.
Rows 1–5 behind either net. It sounds close; in practice you spend two periods watching the play at the far end through the glass.
Worth it once: a rivalry night. Penguins, Rangers or Devils at home, anywhere in the building. The noise and the edge in the room are the reason people fall for Philadelphia hockey.
Premium Seating and Clubs
The premium lineup was rebuilt during the renovation and runs from an event-level all-inclusive club to an open club concourse and a top-level social floor. Most of it is sold by the season, but single-game access exists through resale.
The Best Premium Experience
Courtside and center-ice seats with Shift4 Club access. The Shift4 Club sits at event level, entered from the concourse outside sections 110–111. For the Sixers, courtside rows 1–3 come with all-inclusive food and drink in-seat and in the club, and the VIP rows behind them get club access. For the Flyers it’s the team’s only all-inclusive center-ice membership, with members-only parking and guaranteed playoff access.
Best Value Premium
Bank of America Club Level seats. You’re one tier above the lower bowl with some of the best sightlines in the house, in-seat food and drink service, signature bars and a premium tequila and whiskey bar on the club concourse.
A club ticket also lets you reserve at Primepoint Social, the arena’s sit-down restaurant — the closest thing to a suite night at a fraction of the price.
Other Premium Options
Primepoint Social (formerly Adrian) is the full-service restaurant for club, suite and loft ticket holders; book ahead for Flyers and Sixers games. Club Loge boxes have the largest seats in the arena and a private drink rail, but they’re sold out with a waitlist.
Revolutionary Row is the front row of the New City Terrace, sold as a season product. Liberty Lofts are open suite-style spaces on the same level, both with Assembly Room access.
Xfinity Mobile Arena Seating Chart and Capacity
Xfinity Mobile Arena holds 20,478 people for basketball (21,305 with standing room), 19,173 for hockey (about 20,000 with standing room) and about 21,000 for concerts — one of the largest basketball capacities in the NBA. The building’s records are 21,490 for an Unrivaled women’s basketball event in January 2026 and 20,327 for Game 6 of the 2010 Stanley Cup Final.
Lower-bowl sections run 23–26 rows. The mezzanine mixes in lettered sub-sections such as 205A, 207A and 221A, which sit between their numbered neighbors and are easy to misread on a resale listing.
For concerts, floor sections are lettered and change with every tour. Pull the official seating map at xfinitymobilearena.com before you buy, and pull the event-specific map, not the generic one.
Getting Flyers, Sixers and Concerts Tickets
Flyers and Sixers pricing here swings hard on opponent, but the Sixers half of that calculation just changed. With LeBron James signing in July 2026 alongside the Jaylen Brown trade, the soft midweek Sixers ticket that used to exist in January and February probably doesn’t this season — expect demand closer to a permanent sellout footing, and expect the secondary market to hold its price rather than fade in the last forty-eight hours. If a Sixers game is the reason for the trip, buy early rather than waiting for the dip that used to come.
Hockey still behaves the old way. Rangers, Penguins, and Bruins dates carry a premium that has nothing to do with the seat and everything to do with the visiting fan base buying in, while midweek Flyers games against non-rivals in the dead of winter are where the secondary market genuinely goes soft and prices drop inside two days of puck drop.
Villanova and Big 5 college basketball dates remain the real bargain on this building’s calendar. For concerts, this is a strong tour market and the good shows sell, but the mezzanine tends to release additional inventory once the production finalizes sightlines — worth checking back a week out even on a show that looked gone.
Xfinity Mobile Arena Upcoming Events & What’s On Tonight
The calendar runs nearly year-round. The Flyers and Sixers play from October into April (and May when the playoffs go well), Villanova plays select home games here, the Toyota Big 5 Classic brings the city’s college teams together, and the gaps fill with major concert tours, WWE, UFC and family shows. For tonight’s event, door times and on-sale dates, check the official events calendar.
For Flyers, 76ers, Soul and Villanova tickets along with all the other Philly Sports teams check out our partner Vivid Seats.
Xfinity Mobile Arena Bag Policy
Clutches, wristlets and small purses up to 4.5″ x 6.5″ go through any entrance without X-ray screening, though they can still be inspected. Bags larger than that and up to 14″ x 14″ x 6″ are allowed for Flyers and Sixers games but must be X-rayed at the Broad Street, 11th Street or Premium entrances only. Backpacks, suitcases and large multi-compartment bags are not allowed.
Medical and parental bags up to 14″ x 14″ x 6″ are permitted and go through X-ray. Lockers for prohibited bags are on the southeast side near the 11th Street entrance, cost $5–$15, take cards only and are limited — the largest is about 14″ x 16.5″ x 17″. There’s no other bag check.
Concerts and family shows can be stricter depending on the tour, so check the event page before you pack.
Is Xfinity Mobile Arena Cashless?
Yes — completely. Concessions, retail, the box office and the parking lots are all card or mobile pay only. If you show up with cash, reverse ATMs outside Section 122, at Section 214 and inside the box office will load it onto a prepaid card.
Key Venue Policies
No re-entry. Once your ticket is scanned you’re in for the night, and there are no outdoor smoking areas to step out to. Exceptions are case by case through Security or Guest Services.
Outside food and drink — including water — are prohibited, but an empty plastic refillable bottle is allowed. Fill it at the stations at Sections 105 and 110.
Kids 2 and under don’t need a ticket for most events if they sit on a lap. Door times vary by event and are posted on each event page; the box office opens three hours before on event days.
Accessibility: accessible seating is on every level, elevators are in the VIP lobby on the Broad Street side and near Sections 109–110, and assisted listening devices are free to borrow at Guest Services. A complimentary ticket for a required personal care attendant must be requested when you buy.
Here is a full A to Z list of all the Xfinity Mobile Arena policies.
Getting to Xfinity Mobile Arena
The arena sits at the south end of Broad Street in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex, between I-95 and I-76. The subway is the best way in for almost everyone — it drops you a five-minute walk from the doors and skips the postgame lot crawl entirely.
Xfinity Mobile Arena Parking
The lots surround the arena and are cashless; the arena’s official partner is SpotHero, where booking ahead can run up to 50% below the drive-up rate. The Sixers list event parking at about $30. Arrive 60–90 minutes early on a sellout — not because the lots fill, but because the Broad Street approach backs up behind everyone making the same turn. Accessible parking is on the Broad Street, 11th Street and south sides of the building.
Check the whole complex schedule before you drive. The arena shares the Sports Complex with Lincoln Financial Field and Citizens Bank Park, and a Flyers or Sixers game on an Eagles home date or during Phillies October baseball means fuller lots and a much slower exit. On those nights, take the subway or park at a SEPTA lot up the B line, such as Fern Rock Transit Center, and ride down.
Public Transit
The Broad Street Line (B line) runs straight down the spine of the city and terminates at NRG Station, which puts you a five-minute walk from the arena gates. B1 trains make every stop; B2 Sports Express trains run for select events and go nonstop from Walnut–Locust to NRG. From Old City or University City, take the L (Market-Frankford) to 15th Street/City Hall and transfer free; from South Jersey, ride PATCO to 12th/13th & Locust and walk a block to Walnut–Locust.
Tap a contactless card or phone to pay, and expect the NRG platform to be crowded for the first 15 minutes after the final horn.
Rideshare
Lyft is the official rideshare partner, with an exclusive pickup lot in Lot D at the southeast corner of the building during events. Everyone else gets the same postgame traffic as the parking lots, so walk north on Broad toward Oregon Avenue — or ride the B a few stops — before you request a car.
Arena Insider Tips and Hacks
Xfinity Mobile Arena Insider Tips & Hacks
Getting here is easy. What’s worth knowing is what the building has been through, what’s coming, and where the good food hides.
What Is the Wells Fargo Center’s New Name?
It’s Xfinity Mobile Arena, effective September 1, 2025. The naming deal runs through the 2030–31 seasons. Before that it was the CoreStates Center (1996–98), First Union Center (1998–2003), Wachovia Center (2003–10) and Wells Fargo Center (2010–25).
Expect every name to work. Your rideshare app, your ticket and the person giving you directions may each call it something different. Nobody here will be confused.
The Spectrum, the Banners and the Kinetic Scoreboard
Know who you’re replacing. The Spectrum stood next door from 1967 until its demolition in 2011 — it’s where the Broad Street Bullies won the 1974 and 1975 Stanley Cups. This building opened in 1996 to replace it and has spent 30 years trying to earn the same affection.
Look up at the rafters. Both franchises’ championship banners and retired numbers hang together — shoot from a mezzanine corner to get banners and ice in one frame.
Watch the scoreboard move. The center-hung board installed in 2019 was the first kinetic 4K scoreboard in pro sports: its sideline screens expand to 62 feet wide and fold back in during the event. Most people never notice it changing shape.
Find the last nod to the old building. Two concession stands called Spectrum Favorites, at Sections 101 and 113, carry the name forward.
What Is Going to Happen to Xfinity Mobile Arena?
It’s being replaced. The Sixers and Comcast Spectacor are building a new, privately funded shared arena on the former Spectrum site, now a parking lot just north of the current building, targeted to open before May 2030 so Philadelphia’s new WNBA team can debut there.
See this one while you can. Renderings released in September 2026 show a rounded, Spectrum-inspired design with a staircase modeled on the Art Museum’s “Rocky steps.” Construction is planned to start in 2027, pending city approvals.
The LeBron Effect on Sixers Tickets
He signed a two-year deal in July 2026 at 41. He joins Embiid, Maxey and Jaylen Brown, acquired by trade three weeks earlier.
Don’t plan a trip around a single game. Rest nights at his age are routine and rarely announced far ahead. Target nationally televised or marquee dates and check the injury report that morning.
Arrival and Entrances
Leave the bag at home and use any door. Only three entrances X-ray bags; with a phone, card and keys in your pockets you can walk into the shortest line in the building.
Load tickets before you leave the hotel. Entry is mobile only, and cell service outside the gates slows down on a sellout.
Use the Premium Access Entrance if your seat includes it. It’s on the Broad Street (west) side, parallel to Lot C.
Xfinity Mobile Arena Food & Drink
Get crab fries without the long line. Chickie’s & Pete’s has six stands — 104 and 116 downstairs, 204, 210, 216 and 222A upstairs. Walk past the first one you see.
Order the Italian pork sandwich at Section 104. Chili garlic rabe, long hots and sharp provolone — the closest thing in the building to the real South Philly article. 9th Street Italian Sandwiches also has a second stand at 117.
Get to Section 119 early for an in-house soft pretzel. They’re made in limited quantities each event and run out.
Cheesesteak: Carselliano’s at Section 124. Tacos and burritos: Buena Onda at 112. Pizza: Pizzeria Salvy at 114.
Skip Shake Shack at 115. It’s the same burger you can get at home, and the line is long because the logo is familiar.
Know the dietary options. There’s a Kosher Grille at Section 202, gluten-free stands at 107 and 209, and gluten-free cheesesteak rolls at 110.
Drink upstairs. The Big Light Skyline Bar at 219 and Tito’s Bar at 224 move faster than anything on the main concourse.
Sign up as a designated driver at Section 112. You get a coupon for a free water or soda.
Eat early. Specialty stands close before the end of the night, and the concourse jams at every intermission and timeout.
Exit Strategy
Take the stairs, not the escalators. At the final horn the mezzanine escalators back up immediately; the stairs beside them don’t.
Wait it out at Stateside Live! One drink and 25 minutes later, the roads around the complex have cleared.
Flyers and Sixers Traditions Worth Knowing
Gritty runs the room. The Flyers mascot leads the drum-driven “Let’s Go Flyers” chants, and the crowd follows. The Sixers have Franklin.
Hats are allowed on the ice for a Flyers hat trick. The arena’s code of conduct bans throwing anything onto the playing surface — with that one written exception.
Booing is participation. Philadelphia crowds will boo the home team when it’s earned. It isn’t the building turning on anyone.
Buy 50/50 raffle tickets from the roaming sellers. The kiosks get swamped at the first break, and the pot on a full house is worth playing for.
Best Photo Spots at Xfinity Mobile Arena
The Broad Street face at dusk. The purple Xfinity Mobile Arena signage lit up is the shot that marks the new name.
The top of the New City Terrace with the scoreboard fully expanded. The whole bowl and the board at its widest in one frame.
AVA Rooftop Bar at Stateside Live! It looks out across the Sports Complex.
Bringing Kids to a Flyers or Sixers Game
Use the Kidology Sensory Room on the Suite Level. It’s open for every sporting event and select concerts and family shows, and sensory bags are available to any fan who needs one.
Diaper bags need an X-ray entrance. Parental bags up to 14″ x 14″ x 6″ are allowed, but only through Broad Street, 11th Street or Premium.
Leave the stroller in the car if you can. Strollers aren’t allowed in the seating bowl; you can check one at Guest Services.
Family restrooms are near Sections 116 and 219, with two more on the Club Level.
Book a scoreboard message for a birthday. Both teams sell them; they aren’t available at concerts.
Sit in a mezzanine corner. It’s cheaper, closer to the restrooms and far easier to get in and out of with kids.
Autographs & Player Access
Get in at doors for warmups. Neither team runs a standing autograph session, so pregame warmups are the window. Bring a Sharpie and something small and flat, and stay polite with the ushers about how far down you can go.
Xfinity Mobile Arena Team Store
The stores are open on game days only. They open 90 minutes before Flyers and Sixers games, with OutPHItters at Sections 112 and 123 and The Vault at 103.
Shop during the second period or third quarter. The stores are mobbed before the game and right after it.
Or buy before you travel. Our partner Fanatics carries the full Flyers and Sixers range — worth doing for kids, since youth sizes thin out on busy nights.
Quirks Worth Knowing
Dress for the sport, not the weather. A Flyers game puts an ice sheet under the lower bowl and it gets cold by the second period; a sold-out Sixers game runs warm, especially upstairs.
The Wi-Fi is fast. Xfinity Mobile customers on newer phones connect automatically; everyone else can join Guest_Xfinity.
Text problems instead of hunting for staff. Text 582-224-9XMA for a spill, a security issue or a medical need.
Guest Services is on the main concourse on the Broad Street side, around Sections 121–122, and on the mezzanine at 214.
Stateside Live! and Bars/Restaurants Near The Arena
Before a Flyers or Sixers game, the crowd collects at Stateside Live!, a five-minute walk from the arena. It was Xfinity Live! until fall 2025, and a $20 million-plus expansion that opened in May 2026 added more than 58,000 square feet of outdoor space — a two-story rooftop bar, a beer garden and a 5,000-capacity outdoor concert stage. It’s also the default for anyone in your group without a ticket, with the game on a 58-foot screen. Because the arena has no re-entry, do all of it before you scan in.
The other route is a cheesesteak or a sit-down dinner in South Philly on the way, then the subway.
Best Pregame & Postgame Bars
Live! Arena at Stateside Live! is built around the 58-foot LED screen and is the loudest room in the complex. The Pub, attached to it, is the calmer sports-tavern corner. AVA Rooftop Bar is the new two-story lounge with the view across the stadium district. PBR Philly covers the country end, mechanical bull included, and 1100 Social is the quieter sit-down option.
Best Restaurants Near Xfinity Mobile Arena
Chickie’s & Pete’s on Packer Avenue, a few minutes from the complex, is the big sit-down version of the crab-fries bar you’ll see inside the arena — loud, packed on event nights, and open late.
Tony & Nick’s Steaks on Oregon Avenue is the original Tony Luke’s location under its new name. Get the roast pork with sharp provolone and broccoli rabe; you order at the window and eat outside.
John’s Roast Pork on Snyder Avenue is the one locals defend hardest, but it’s a daytime operation, closed Sundays and Mondays — it only works before a matinee.
East Passyunk Avenue, about 15 minutes north, is the best restaurant corridor near the arena. Le Virtù does Abruzzese Italian and justifies the detour on its own; book it for a pregame dinner, since the kitchen closes at 9 or 10.
Pat’s and Geno’s face each other at 9th and Passyunk and run around the clock. Try both and pick a side — Geno’s also has a stand at Stateside Live!
Hotels Near Xfinity Mobile Arena
South Philadelphia is a working neighborhood, not a hotel district, so there are only a few options within walking distance and a much deeper bench in Center City. The B line makes that trade easy: you can stay somewhere with an actual city around you and still be at the arena in 20 minutes. Book early for big concert weekends and rivalry dates.
Best Areas to Stay
South Philadelphia Sports Complex puts you walking distance from the doors and next to Stateside Live! — convenient, but it’s a parking district with nothing to do beyond the complex. The Navy Yard, just southeast, is quieter and greener.
Center City, especially Rittenhouse Square and Washington Square West, is the right base if the trip is about Philadelphia and not only the game: a direct B line ride to NRG and hundreds of restaurants. Add Old City if you want the historic district out your door.
Where to Stay for a Flyers, Sixers or Concert Night
Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia is the pick for keeping the whole night in one place, about a 10-minute walk from the arena with a casino floor and several restaurants. Hotel guests get free self-parking — a real saving on a game night. The tradeoff is that it behaves like a casino hotel: busy and bright at all hours.
Courtyard Philadelphia South at The Navy Yard is the comfortable middle, newer and calm, and walkable to the Sports Complex. There’s little to do on foot around it, so plan on eating at the complex or in town.
The Rittenhouse Hotel is the splurge, on the square with the city’s best restaurants around it. For something easier on the wallet in the same area, Hyatt Centric Rittenhouse Square is well run and a short walk from the Walnut–Locust B line stop.
Budget Options
Holiday Inn Philadelphia Airport-Stadium Area on Penrose Avenue is a few minutes’ drive from the arena and cheaper than anything at the complex. Its free shuttle serves the airport only, not the arena, and guests report the paid lot isn’t held for them — there’s nothing walkable nearby, so you’re trading location for price.
Why You Should Go
Go for the sound of the place — twenty thousand people who treat a Tuesday night in January like it’s personal, a crowd that sings for Gritty and boos with genuine affection, and a building that has quietly become one of the best in either league to watch a game. This winter there’s more to it than usual: the Flyers are a playoff team again, the Sixers have LeBron, and the arena that replaces this one is already drawn up next door. Come on a cold night, ride the B line down Broad Street, and get to Stateside Live! early enough to walk over with the crowd.
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Written by Brad Richards. Founder of Gameday Guides. This guide includes insights from personal visits as well as updated info from team sources, fan forums, and stadium policies. We aim to help you plan with confidence — enjoy your gameday. If you have any tips, if we missed anything or you have a question, don’t hesitate to shoot us an email.