Spectrum

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demolished building entertainment venue indoor arena sports venue

Spectrum was a historic indoor sports and entertainment arena in Philadelphia that hosted professional hockey, basketball, concerts, and major events from the late 1960s until its closure and demolition.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
The Spectrum	8
Spectrum canonical	6
CoreStates Spectrum	2
CoreStates Spectrum II	1
Spectrum II	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T423907 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Spectrum
Context triple: [Philadelphia Flyers, formerHomeArena, Spectrum]

A. Spectral
Spectral is a 2016 military science fiction film that follows a special-ops team confronting ghostly entities in a war-torn Eastern European city.
B. Wavelengths
Wavelengths is the Toronto International Film Festival’s avant-garde and experimental cinema program, showcasing innovative and boundary-pushing works in film and video.
C. Sparks
Sparks is a city in northern Nevada known for its proximity to Reno and its role as a regional hub for industry, transportation, and outdoor recreation.
D. Touchstone
Touchstone is a publishing imprint known for releasing a wide range of commercial fiction and nonfiction titles.
E. Audion
Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Spectrum
Target entity description: Spectrum was a historic indoor sports and entertainment arena in Philadelphia that hosted professional hockey, basketball, concerts, and major events from the late 1960s until its closure and demolition.

A. Spectral
Spectral is a 2016 military science fiction film that follows a special-ops team confronting ghostly entities in a war-torn Eastern European city.
B. Wavelengths
Wavelengths is the Toronto International Film Festival’s avant-garde and experimental cinema program, showcasing innovative and boundary-pushing works in film and video.
C. Sparks
Sparks is a city in northern Nevada known for its proximity to Reno and its role as a regional hub for industry, transportation, and outdoor recreation.
D. Touchstone
Touchstone is a publishing imprint known for releasing a wide range of commercial fiction and nonfiction titles.
E. Audion
Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	demolished building ⓘ entertainment venue ⓘ indoor arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ
architecturalStyle	modernist arena design ⓘ
city	Philadelphia ⓘ
closed	2009-10-31 ⓘ
closureYear	2009 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
demolished	2010 ⓘ
demolitionCompleted	2011 ⓘ
finalEvent	Pearl Jam concert in 2009 ⓘ
formerName	Spectrum self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CoreStates Spectrum First Union Spectrum ⓘ Wachovia Spectrum ⓘ
homeOf	Philadelphia 76ers home games from 1967 to 1996 ⓘ Philadelphia Flyers home games from 1967 to 1996 ⓘ
locatedIn	Pennsylvania ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
nickname	Spectrum self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Spectrum
notableEventHosted	NBA Finals games ⓘ Final Four ⓘ surface form: NCAA Final Four games Stanley Cup Finals games ⓘ major rock concerts ⓘ
opened	1967-10-17 ⓘ
openingYear	1967 ⓘ
owner	Comcast Spectacor ⓘ
partOf	South Philadelphia Sports Complex ⓘ
primaryTenant	Philadelphia 76ers ⓘ Philadelphia Flyers ⓘ Philadelphia KiXX ⓘ Philadelphia Phantoms ⓘ Philadelphia Wings ⓘ
seatingCapacity	about 17,000 for hockey ⓘ about 18,000 for basketball ⓘ
significance	historic sports and entertainment venue in Philadelphia ⓘ
sportHosted	basketball ⓘ box lacrosse ⓘ ice hockey ⓘ indoor soccer ⓘ
successorVenue	Wells Fargo Center ⓘ
usedFor	boxing matches ⓘ college basketball games ⓘ concerts ⓘ family shows ⓘ political events ⓘ professional wrestling events ⓘ

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