Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts

May 13, 2012

Xfinity Live! - More Than a Sports Bar?

If you haven't heard about the opening of Xfinity Live! by now, you're likely still waking up from your winter hibernation.

We'll let others go into greater detail about the food/drinks at Xfinity Live! (for reviews check out this The Daily News article) and instead provide an overview of what to expect from the vantage point of a Philly sports fan and frequent tailgater.

Three concepts sum up Xfinity Live! from this view - overdue, crowded and untapped potential.

It’s about time Ed Snider and others attempted to add more juice to the Sports Complex area even if they had to tear down the best arena ever to make it happen.

Ever since Citizens Bank Park was put in South Philly (instead of Center City), the Sports Complex has been mentioned as a possible destination beyond just game days, at least in my household. Sure, there is McFadden’s or even the bar inside the whatchamacallit-arena-currently-known-as-Wells Fargo Center. But none of these is a true destinations without a game.