Sports & Recreation

Philadelphia is a very active city. You can choose from a long list of professional and collegiate sports teams to watch and cheer, or you can get into the action through the city's wide range of recreation activities.

A Cricket Tradition

Philadelphia was the cricket capital of the United States in the late 1800s, and has a number of cricket clubs, including:

• Philadelphia Cricket Club
• Germantown Cricket Club
• Merion Cricket Club

In addition to the private clubs, Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania (just a short distance from downtown Philadelphia) has a museum to the sport of cricket.

SPORTS

Philadelphia's professional sports teams play in three venues at the Sports Complex, four miles (6.4 km) south of the city centre, and in other venues in the region.

Lincoln Financial Field
Philadelphia Eagles (American football)

Citizens Bank Park
Philadelphia Phillies (baseball)

Wells Fargo Center (formerly the Wachovia Center)
Philadelphia 76ers (basketball)
Philadelphia Flyers (ice hockey)
Philadelphia Wings (lacrosse)

Liacouras Center
Philadelphia KiXX (indoor soccer)

Chester Stadium
Philadelphia Union (soccer)
Philadelphia Independence (women's soccer)

Golf Courses
Blue Heron Pines Golf Club
Hartefeld National
Meadowbrook Golf Group, Inc.
Mermaid Lake
Pennsylvania Golf Course Owners, Inc.
Philadelphia Cricket Club
Pine Hill Golf Club
Rancocas Golf Club
Sand Barrens Golf Club
Scotland Run Golf Club
Split Rock Resort
Wyncote Golf Club