When the Sixers and Flyers return to play in the fall, they won’t be playing at the Wells Fargo Center. After 15 years, the arena will have a new name — the Xfinity Mobile Arena. Xfinity ...

The days of the Wells Fargo Center are nearly over. Ahead of the arena’s name change to the Xfinity Mobile Arena, the signage marking the arena as the Wells Fargo Center came down on Thursday ...

Wells Fargo bought out Wachovia and posted its name on the roughly 21,000-seat building in 2010. Comcast Spectacor last year completed a $400 million renovation project of the Wells Fargo Center.

The name change will be the first since 2010, when the arena was renamed from the Wachovia Center to Wells Fargo. The arena, which opened in August 1996, has had a number of names over its history.

The current arena, which can hold 21,000 spectators, opened in 1996. It operated as the CoreStates Center, the Wachovia Center and the First Union Center before taking the Wells Fargo name in 2010.

Before the arena opened in 2005, Wells Fargo paid $11.5 million for the naming rights for 20 years. Casey's will pay $18.3 million to have the rights for 10 years.

A new venue to replace the Wells Fargo Center is set to open by 2031. The ownership group of the Philadelphia 76ers and Comcast Spectacor announced plans to build a new arena in South Philadelphia.

The sign was removed. Crews were seen at (what was previously called) the Wells Fargo Center on Thursday, June 5 taking down the sign as the arena prepares to be renamed to Xfinity Mobile Arena.

Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines has been renamed Casey's Center as of July 1st. Casey's, the nation's third-largest convenience store chain, secured the naming rights for 10 years at a cost of $18 ...