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City Proposes Leasing Football Practice Facility to Eagles Authority

Official:Authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into Agreements with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") providing for lease from PAID to the City of a football practice facility to be developed at Broad street and Pattison avenue and for leaseback of the said practice facility from the City to PAID, all under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember Nutter

Introduced: February 17, 2000

: Committee of the Whole

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No one voted on this bill

This bill was introduced in the 2000–2003 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.

That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.

Plain-Language Summary

This bill authorizes the Mayor to sign agreements with PAID and the Philadelphia Eagles for a new football practice facility at Broad Street and Pattison Avenue. The city would lease the land from PAID and then sublease it back to PAID for a new stadium development proposal. This is intended to keep the Eagles' business operations in the city, generating tax revenue.

What This Bill Does

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Authorizes the Mayor to enter into an agreement with PAID for the City to lease a football practice facility at Broad Street and Pattison Avenue.
Allows the City to sublease the practice facility back to PAID for a new stadium development proposal.
Requires the City to provide a natural grass practice field to the Eagles, as per the existing lease agreement with Veterans Stadium.
Facilitates a proposal for the financing, development, and leasing of a new football stadium between the City, PAID, and the Eagles.