The Governor of Delaware wants the Sixers stadium:

What a Hail Mary from the Gov. There’s absolutely no chance this would happen in a million years, but I at least respect it. Delaware is a minor league state. Stick to the Blue Coats and the Blue Rocks. Stick to what you know: no sales tax and being a state that lets every major corporation in the country skirt taxes. Nothing wrong with that. You’re not a state that can handle a major sports franchise. That’s not a shot at Delaware, that’s the truth. I love Delaware. Great beaches. Sick river. But we’re not the New Jersey Giants or the Maryland Commies. The Philadelphia 76ers can’t move to a second-rate state that has less people in it than the city they’re in currently. The jokes would just write themselves.

Also could you imagine taking 95 out of the city to go to a game? Sure, a good amount of you have to come into the city using an equally shitty part of 95. But I’m convinced that little stretch where 95 splits off to 476 is worse. That strip of road until the 322 would be my own personal hellscape.

I love that when the Governor’s office designed this they basically just played real life RollerCoaster Tycoon with the city of Wilmington:

Sales in the red? You need to sell more tickets? No more space to put anything? Throw a giant roller coaster on top of a strip of concession stands. Boom problem solved. Who cares about parking? So what you cut the staff to save money and there’s puke all over the park now. The profit margins are at an all time high. There are lines out the door. Investors are stoked.


Shout out to the Gov’s intern who threw Delaware on the roof. It was a nice touch:

I have a great idea. Lets build a stadium in the middle of a major city on top of a dying mall in a spot of town that’s been waiting to be revitalized since half the people reading this were still in their dad’s ballsack. Seems like a no brainer, but what do I know?