Imagine if you and your friends could go to all games and concerts at Philadelphia Sports Complex for free and in a suite. Well, it turns out that you can, if you are the mayor or if you know how to get tickets.
One of the advantages of being the mayor of Philadelphia is to get a suite in each of the city’s sports facilities as well as the Mann Music Center. It started with the former mayor of Philadelphia, Ed Rendell. Rendell – Who was mayor of the city from 1992 to 2000 – made sure of having the city suites in the sports stadiums written in rental agreements of mayor.
Over the decades, mayors have welcomed political friends, charitable organizations, city employees, voters and others in the aftermath. NBC10 investigators received The Free Ticket Journal of the Sports Suite for Mayor Cherrelle Parker in 2024. However, its name appeared only once. According to the newspaper, Parker attended the game of the Steelers of Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh on December 15, 2024 and was joined by a mixture of politicians from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
Parker spokesperson told NBC10 that she also attended a 76-player Philadelphia match in early 2024. However, he was not clear what game was because he was not listed in the newspaper. In addition to the Eagles match and the Sixers match, Mayor Parker used no sporting follow -up at any other time during his mandate, according to records.
NBC10 investigators determined that at least 58% of free tickets that were used in 2024 have gone to city employees, 29% went to voters – including manpower, neighborhood chiefs, political donors and a former mayor – and 7% went to a mixture of non -profit organizations and community groups.
More than 2,000 of the free sports tickets were not used in 2024, including flyers, sixers, phillies and eagles.
Compared to the previous mayors, the mayor Michael Nutter and the mayor Jim Kenney attended more matches and events during a period of one year in their mandate than the mayor Parker during his first year as mayor, according to the files.
We do not know who attended Linc events while Kenney was in office. For seven of his eight years as mayor, Kenney undergone the stadium mayor’s box at the South Jersey Power Broker George Norcross. The money went to a charitable organization of the school district.
So how can people have access to free tickets? You can call the mayor’s office of Philadelphia And ask.
“The employees, groups and voters of the city can request the box for various concerts, events and games. Individuals can request a minimum of 2 tickets,” said the spokesperson for Philadelphia Mayoral, Joe Grace. “Sometimes the applicant can get more tickets if the event is not in great demand.”