page_title: PPL Center
section_title: Competition on building sites
hierarchical_section_title: PPL Center / Competition on building sites
caption_attribution_description: English: Ongoing construction of the PPL Center, a hockey arena in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on September 9, 2013. It will be used by the Wikipedia:American Hockey League's Wikipedia:Lehigh Valley Phantoms in 2014-15.
context_page_description: PPL Center is a sports arena in Allentown, Pennsylvania that opened on September 10, 2014. Its naming rights are owned by the PPL Corporation, which is headquartered in Allentown. PPL paid an undisclosed sum over 10 years.
context_section_description: Rebuilding an arena on the site of the Spectrum in Philadelphia was rejected in favor of the more profitable Xfinity Live! project and a new 180-room Renaissance by Marriott hotel. The competition to build a new arena for the Phantoms in 2008 was primarily between Allentown and Camden, New Jersey. While Camden was closer, Allentown had a more elaborate proposal which helped secure Allentown's bid for the team.
  Plans to build the PPL Center at the corner of 7th and Hamilton Streets in downtown Allentown were announced in late 2009. For much of 2009 and 2010, the focus of the project was on securing funding. The project took a major leap forward in 2011, when several properties were purchased by the city to help clear the way for the project to begin. By the end of January 2012, all of the properties had been purchased with final demolition of all buildings occurring in early February 2012.
caption: Construction of the PPL Center in September 2013.
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