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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS MEDIA INFORMATION
& WELLS FARGO CENTER INFORMATION
EXECUTIVE OFFICES:
Broad Street entrance, West side (215) 465-4500.
WELLS FARGO CENTER BOX OFFICE:
Broad Street South side, Box Office is open:
Weekdays
9 am to 6 pm
Saturdays
10 am to 4:30 pm
Sundays & Holidays Event days only
Tickets for all Wells Fargo Complex events can be
purchased at the Wells Fargo Center Box Office and select
ACME locations.
TICKETS FOR UPCOMING EVENTS:
Main Concourse Level, opposite Section 104.
WILL CALL:
Wells Fargo Center Box Office, Designated Windows.
GUEST SERVICES CENTERS:
Main Concourse Level in the Broad Street Atrium.
Mezzanine Concourse Level, Broad Street South side.
SECURITY OFFICE:
Main Concourse Level, Broad Street West side.
FIRST AID ROOM:
Main Concourse Level, 11th Street North side.
PUBLIC TELEPHONES:
Main Concourse and Mezzanine Levels, various locations.
SMOKING POLICY:
Wells Fargo Center is a smoke-free facility.
TELEPHONE SERVICE:
Requests for telephone lines in press box or other areas
should be directed to Shirley Posey in the Wells Fargo
Center Operations Department at (215) 389-9475.
FLYERS MEDIA WEBSITE:
The Flyers PR department maintains a password-protected
media information page. Updated on a daily basis, this page
contains archived press releases, postgame notes & quotes,
practice schedules, teleconference transripts, and much
more. For login information, please contact a member of the
Flyers PR department.
CREDENTIALS:
Credentials are required for access into the building. Season
passes are issued to those media members who regularly
cover the Flyers. Individual game passes may be applied for
by contacting the Flyers Public Relations Department via
email at flyerscredentials@comcast-spectacor.com at least
24 hours prior to a game. Press box space is limited. For
this reason, the Flyers ask that any media member holding
a season pass and not covering a game to notify the Flyers
Public Relations Office by NOON on the day of the game at
(215) 389-9554, especially during the latter part of the regular
season and the playoffs.
BLOGGERS & WEBSITE MEDIA (unaffiliated with a
traditional media outlet):
The Flyers have in the past granted game-by-game
credentials to selected blogs and websites. Due to space
constraints in the Flyers locker room and in the press box,
the Flyers are no longer granting credentials to blogs other
than the ones that have regularly attended in the past.
Bloggers are welcome to contact the Flyers PR department
at (215) 389-9554 to be added to the team’s postgame
distribution lists, which include postgame quotes and
statistical information.
PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Photographers from accredited magazines, newspapers and
wire services may shoot from designated areas. Positions are
assigned on a period-by-period basis by Gene Prince, Press
Box Steward. Those photographers who need access to
strobes must contact the Flyers Public Relations Department
at least 24 hours prior to a game at (215) 389-9554.
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PRESS PARKING:
Media members attending a Flyers game at the Wells Fargo
Center should park in F-lot, located north of the Wells Fargo
Center along 11th Street. Access to this lot is by permit only.
Media members who cover the Flyers on a regular basis will
receive parking passes. Parking space is limited and is on a
first come, first-served basis.
PRESS ENTRANCE:
Media members attending Flyers games at the Wells Fargo
Center should enter the building on the North side of the
Building through the press entrance, which is located on
the Main Concourse level and is marked as Stairwell 18.
All media members are asked to have their passes ready to
present to security at the entrance.
PRESS LOUNGE:
The press lounge is located in the Northeast corner of the
Event Floor Level (Level One). Game notes, press kits and
food are available to the media in the press lounge during
the course of an event. Storage and working space is
also made available for media members’ use in the press
lounge. Meals are served two hours before face-off time.
Refreshments are available during the game.
LOCKER ROOMS:
The locker rooms are located on the West side (Broad
Street) of the Event Level. Unless otherwise indicated,
locker rooms are open to the media after the game only.
All media members are asked to have their passes ready
to present to security at the entrance. No autographs are
permitted in the locker room area.
PRESS BOX:
The press box, located on the East side (11th Street) of the
Balcony Level (Level Seven), is accessible from both the
press lounge and from the concourse via a press elevator,
located in the Northeast corner of the building. The following
services are provided to all media members in the press box:
1. Pre-game and post-game information, statistics and
summaries
2. Updates during the game regarding statistics & officiating
decisions and other items of interest.
3. Closed circuit television monitors of game action
4. Work area
TELEVISION TRUCKS:
Television stations/networks covering events at the Wells
Fargo Center should contact Chris Corey (215-952-5364;
ccorey@comcast-spectacor.com) of the Electronic Media
Department with technical requirements and Casey
Heverling (215-389-9490; cheverling@comcast-spectacor.
com) in the Operations Department regarding parking and
security. Television trucks will be able to park and connect to
the Wells Fargo Center on the north side of the Event Level.
Trucks should enter the Wells Fargo Center from the 11th
Street entrance and proceed to the loading dock area.
MEDIA SERVICES STAFF:
Sr. Director of Communications.................................... Zack Hill
Manager, Public Relations......................................... Joe Siville
Manager, Broadcasting & Media Services...........Brian Smith
Press Box Steward...................................................Gene Prince
V.P., Security and Services.................................... Mike Hasson
Event Security Manager........................................ Tom McFlynn
Event Managers............................................. Todd Stoudenmire
Brian Caputo
Mike Sulkies
Press Box Phone.................................. (215) 336-3600 ext. 2115
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