Christina Gough
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Philadelphia 76ers - Statistics & Facts
The Philadelphia 76ers are a professional basketball team that compete in the National Basketball Association’s Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. The team was established in 1946 in Upstate New York as the Syracuse Nationals, before moving to Philadelphia in 1964 after its founder, Danny Biasone, sold the team to investors Irv Koslov and Ike Richman.
The “Sixers” currently play their home games at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. During the 2021/22 NBA season, the average regular season home attendance for a Sixers game was 20,655 per game and total attendance for that season amounted to 846,867. The 76ers generated around 345 million U.S. dollars in revenue in the 2021/22 season and, during the same season, the operating income of the team amounted to around 87 million U.S. dollars. The Sixers' franchise value is estimated at around 3.15 billion U.S. dollars and the team is currently owned by private equity investor Joshua Morris, who acquired the team in 2011 for a purchase price of 287 million U.S. dollars.
The 76ers are the winners of three NBA championships — in 1955, 1967, and 1983 — and have produced some of the greatest players in NBA history such as Wilt Chamberlain, Charles Barkley, and Allen Iverson. The franchise has made the playoffs for the last five seasons, but has not progressed beyond the Conference Semi Finals. The Philadelphia 76ers have a combined total of around four million fans and followers on Facebook and Twitter.
The “Sixers” currently play their home games at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. During the 2021/22 NBA season, the average regular season home attendance for a Sixers game was 20,655 per game and total attendance for that season amounted to 846,867. The 76ers generated around 345 million U.S. dollars in revenue in the 2021/22 season and, during the same season, the operating income of the team amounted to around 87 million U.S. dollars. The Sixers' franchise value is estimated at around 3.15 billion U.S. dollars and the team is currently owned by private equity investor Joshua Morris, who acquired the team in 2011 for a purchase price of 287 million U.S. dollars.
The 76ers are the winners of three NBA championships — in 1955, 1967, and 1983 — and have produced some of the greatest players in NBA history such as Wilt Chamberlain, Charles Barkley, and Allen Iverson. The franchise has made the playoffs for the last five seasons, but has not progressed beyond the Conference Semi Finals. The Philadelphia 76ers have a combined total of around four million fans and followers on Facebook and Twitter.
