🏈🇺🇸 The Army-Navy Game is back in Philly this weekend, bringing patriotism and tourism to the city. It won't be back for a while, however. PHLBizJournal
u, said the city's sports calendar is busy enough to fill the void created by the famed rivalry's extended absence, but that it'll be the bureau's job to prove to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the Naval Academy that the game should stay here.
“At the end of the day, we consider Philadelphia the home of the game and look forward to many more years together,"The Army-Navy game first came to Philadelphia in 1899 and this Saturday will mark the 90th time it's been played here, more than any other location.
Philadelphia will be without the annual economic boost the Army-Navy game provides for the next four years, the longest time period the game has spent away from the city since the 1930s. Gillette Stadium outside of Boston will host the matchup next year, the first time it'll be held in New England. Subsequent years will see the game played in Landover, Maryland; Baltimore; and East Rutherford, New Jersey, before it returns to Philadelphia.
However, Needle says the number of large scale sporting events Philadelphia is scheduled to host in the coming years, including
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