Final week, ROI-NJ reported that the state of New Jersey is “making a severe push” to persuade the 76ers to relocate to New Jersey and into a brand new area in Camden. The report famous that New Jersey authorities officers started their pursuit of the NBA franchise partially because of the Sixers possession hitting “repeated roadblocks” of their efforts to construct a brand new area in Philadelphia.
On Monday, New Jersey governor Phil Murphy confirmed that talks of the Sixers coming to his state are “actual” and never simply rumors. Murphy cited New Jersey’s robust relationship with Harris Blitzer Sports activities and Leisure (HBSE) — the group that owns the New Jersey Devils, the Philadelphia 76ers and a apply facility in Camden — as an icebreaker within the talks.
“It is actual within the sense there is a severe dialog,” Murphy advised reporters, through NJ.com. “We have been observing the dearth of progress in Philadelphia, and we stated: You recognize what? We’re gonna elevate this with them. And we’re severe about it. They seem like severe about it. We’ll see. You by no means know the place this stuff land.”
