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The '''Wells Fargo Center''' is a multi-purpose [[List of indoor arenas|indoor arena]] located in [[Philadelphia]]. It serves as the home of the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL), the [[Philadelphia 76ers]] of the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA), and the [[Philadelphia Wings (2018–)|Philadelphia Wings]] of the [[National Lacrosse League]] (NLL).
The Wells Fargo Center, originally called '''Spectrum II''', was completed in 1996 to replace the [[Spectrum (arena)|Spectrum]] as the home arena of the 76ers and Flyers, on the former site of [[John F. Kennedy Stadium (Philadelphia)|John F. Kennedy Stadium]] at a cost of $210 million, largely privately financed (though the city and state helped to pay for the local [[infrastructure]]). It is owned by [[Comcast Spectacor]], which also owns the Flyers, and is operated by its arena-management subsidiary, Global Spectrum. Since opening, it has been known by a number of different names through [[naming rights]] deals and bank mergers, including '''CoreStates Center''' from 1996 to 1998, '''First Union Center''' from 1998 to 2003, and '''Wachovia Center''' from 2003 to 2010. Since 2010, naming rights have been held by financial services company [[Wells Fargo]], after their acquisition of Wachovia. [[CoreStates Financial Corporation]] was acquired by [[First Union]], which later also purchased Wachovia National Bank to rename itself [[Wachovia Corporation]]; the combined company was acquired by [[Wells Fargo]] in 2008.
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