Original Spectrum backboard and stanchions

Object/Artifact

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Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame

Name/Title

Original Spectrum backboard and stanchions

Entry/Object ID

2024.418

Description

Two original backboards and support units from the Spectrum

Collection

Comcast-Spectacor

Other Names

Name Type

Venue

Other Name

Spectrum

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Comcast-Spectacor to Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame

Acquisition Date

2009

Notes

With the closing of The Spectrum, Comcast-Spectacor donated the original backboards and their support units. These backboards saw hundreds of games and thousands of shots including Christian Laettner's "The Shot" to win the 1992