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Sport With several top professional teams, Philadelphia offers plenty of opportunities to enjoy spectator sports and these, especially basketball and ice hockey, are extremely popular with the locals. In addition to the box office, tickets for most events can be purchased through TicketsNow (tel: (800) 927 2770; website: www.ticketsnow.com) and TicketMaster (tel: (215) 336 2000; website: www.ticketmaster.com). Three venues on Broad Street in South Philadelphia handle most of the action. Comcast-Spectacor’s First Union Center, 3601 South Broad Street (tel: (215) 336 3600; website: www.comcast-spectacor.com), is home to the National Hockey League team, Philadelphia Flyers (tel: (215) 465 4500, website: www.philadelphiaflyers.com) and the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team (tel: (215) 339 7600; website: www.sixers.com). The American Hockey League team, Phantoms (tel: (215) 465 4522; website: www.phantomshockey.com), the KiXX soccer team (tel: (215) 925 KIXX; website: www.geocities.com/colosseum/sideline/8709) and the Philadelphia Wings lacrosse team play at the Spectrum (tel: (215) 336 3600), opposite First Union Center. Veterans Stadium, Broad Street and Pattison Avenue (tel: (215) 685 1500), is the venue for the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team (tel: (215) 463 1000; website: www.phillies.com) and the Philadelphia Eagles football team (tel: (215) 463 5500; website: www.eaglesnet.com). Fitness centres: Centres offering visitor day passes include Westin Fitness, 1835 Market Street (tel: (215) 963 2700), for US$12, Rittenhouse Square Fitness Club, 2002 Rittenhouse Street (tel: (215) 985 4095), for US$10, and World Gym, 2020 Sansom Street (tel: (215) 972 0927), for US$10. Golf: There are many public golf courses in the area – a golf guide is available from the Philadelphia Visitors Center. Among the top courses is Scotland Run Golf Club, over the Ben Franklin Bridge on Route 322 and Fries Mill Road, Williamstown (tel: (856) 863 3737; website: www.scotlandrun.com), 20 minutes from the city centre, with a blend of wooded, quarry and links-style holes. Membership is not required and green fees range from US$58 in winter to US105 on summer weekends. Meadowbrook Golf Group (tel: (215) 877 1600; website: www.golfphilly.com) manages all the Philadelphia public golf courses, which are open to the public year-round. Visitors should call for specific locations. Ice skating: River Rink (tel: (215 925 RINK or 7465; website: www.riverrink.com) is an outdoor rink at Festival Pier, Penn’s Landing, in operation from late November to early March (Monday-Thursday 1800-2100, Friday-Sunday 1230-late). Entrance is US$5 or US$6 at weekends and Friday evening. Skate rental costs and extra US$3. Tennis: Philadelphia has more than 200 public courts. Many are free of charge. Fairmount Park (tel: (215) 685 0051) provides information on locations, reservations and special programs. |
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