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❌ SEPTA wants to stop turnstile hopping
October 1, 2024 · — Asha Prihar
👻 Do you have a favorite spooky destination in or around Philly? I’m thinking haunted houses, haunted corn mazes, or maybe just a block in the city that goes ALL OUT with their Halloween decorations. If anything comes to mind, drop me a line — your submission may appear in a future newsletter.
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🗞️ SEPTA, POTUS, and Phillies News You May Have Missed
SEPTA plans to install 100 eight-foot-tall fare gates, the presidential race is tight in Pennsylvania, and the Phillies are going to the playoffs as stadium concession workers continue to strike. Hear more about these stories — and learn some phun phacts about the Phillies — on today’s episode of the City Cast Philly podcast. [City Cast Philly 🎧]
⚽ FIFA Club World Cup Coming to Philly
The Linc will be able to warm up for its big 2026 World Cup moment. It’s one of 12 U.S. venues chosen to host the 2025 Club World Cup, an international soccer tournament in which soccer clubs — not countries — compete. [Business Journal 🔒]
🐭 New Plans for the ‘Disney Hole’?
Per a vague proposal revealed in the city’s Sixers arena presentation, the 8th & Market parking lot that was once slated for a mini Disney theme park could become a hotel with retail space. [Billy Penn]
💙❤️ RIP Dikembe Mutombo
Mutombo, 58, a 7’2” NBA Hall of Famer and former Sixer who helped the team make it to the 2001 NBA Finals, died yesterday from brain cancer. Current Sixer Joel Embiid eulogized him at a press conference. [PhillyVoice/@sixers on X]
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What To Do
Tuesday, Oct. 1
- 🏋️ Senior Strength Training | 3 p.m. | Free | South Philly
- 🗳️Vice Presidential Debate Pregame Mixer | 5–8 p.m. | Free | Center City
- 📘 “The Book of Mormon” (First Performance) | 7:30 p.m. | $29–$140 | Academy of Music
- 🎤 Philly Rising Open Mic | 8 p.m. | Free | World Cafe Live
Wednesday, Oct. 2
- 🇫🇷 The French Connection: Lafayette and Girard | 10–11 a.m. & 6–7 p.m. | Free | Girard College
- 🎣 Free Family Fishing | 4–6:30 p.m. | Free | FDR Park
- 🎵 Jelly Roll: Beautifully Broken Tour | 7 p.m. | $79+ | Wells Fargo Center
Remember the Philly Joy Bank, the cash assistance pilot meant to support pregnant Philadelphians and work toward lowering infant mortality? Officials are still looking for applicants who live in Cobbs Creek, Nicetown-Tioga, or Strawberry Mansion.
Have a great Tuesday!
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