'This community has been around here for 150 years. We are not stupid. We know that this is a land grab,' a coalition leader said.
PHILADELPHIA --They announced the "Chinatown Coalition to Oppose the Arena" on Monday morning.
The proposed $1.3 billion arena, called 76 Place, would sit along Market Street between 10th and 11th streets, neighboring Chinatown. The new coalition said it has obtained the signatures of the owners of at least 90 businesses that are in opposition to the arena."This community has been around here for 150 years. We are not stupid. We know that this is a land grab. We know that billionaire developers' interest is taking our land and erasing our community," said Steven Zhu, president of the Chinese Restaurant Association of Greater Philadelphia.
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