Spectrum
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Spectrum was a historic indoor sports and entertainment arena in Philadelphia that hosted professional hockey, basketball, concerts, and major events from the late 1960s until its closure and demolition.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Spectrum | 8 |
| Spectrum canonical | 6 |
| CoreStates Spectrum | 2 |
| CoreStates Spectrum II | 1 |
| Spectrum (Philadelphia) | 1 |
| Spectrum II | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T423907 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spectrum Context triple: [Philadelphia Flyers, formerHomeArena, Spectrum]
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A.
Spectral
Spectral is a 2016 military science fiction film that follows a special-ops team confronting ghostly entities in a war-torn Eastern European city.
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B.
Wavelengths
Wavelengths is the Toronto International Film Festival’s avant-garde and experimental cinema program, showcasing innovative and boundary-pushing works in film and video.
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C.
Sparks
Sparks is a city in northern Nevada known for its proximity to Reno and its role as a regional hub for industry, transportation, and outdoor recreation.
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D.
Touchstone
Touchstone is a publishing imprint known for releasing a wide range of commercial fiction and nonfiction titles.
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E.
Audion
Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spectrum Target entity description: Spectrum was a historic indoor sports and entertainment arena in Philadelphia that hosted professional hockey, basketball, concerts, and major events from the late 1960s until its closure and demolition.
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A.
Spectral
Spectral is a 2016 military science fiction film that follows a special-ops team confronting ghostly entities in a war-torn Eastern European city.
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B.
Wavelengths
Wavelengths is the Toronto International Film Festival’s avant-garde and experimental cinema program, showcasing innovative and boundary-pushing works in film and video.
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C.
Sparks
Sparks is a city in northern Nevada known for its proximity to Reno and its role as a regional hub for industry, transportation, and outdoor recreation.
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D.
Touchstone
Touchstone is a publishing imprint known for releasing a wide range of commercial fiction and nonfiction titles.
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E.
Audion
Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
demolished building
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entertainment venue ⓘ indoor arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | modernist arena design ⓘ |
| city | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| closed | 2009-10-31 ⓘ |
| closureYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| demolished | 2010 ⓘ |
| demolitionCompleted | 2011 ⓘ |
| finalEvent | Pearl Jam concert in 2009 ⓘ |
| formerName |
CoreStates Spectrum
ⓘ
linked to:
Spectrum
First Union Spectrum ⓘ Wachovia Spectrum ⓘ |
| homeOf |
Philadelphia 76ers home games from 1967 to 1996
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Philadelphia Flyers home games from 1967 to 1996 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pennsylvania
ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| nickname |
The Spectrum
ⓘ
linked to:
Spectrum
|
| notableEventHosted |
NBA Finals games
ⓘ
NCAA Final Four games ⓘ
linked to:
Final Four
Stanley Cup Finals games ⓘ major rock concerts ⓘ |
| opened | 1967-10-17 ⓘ |
| openingYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| owner | Comcast Spectacor ⓘ |
| partOf | South Philadelphia Sports Complex ⓘ |
| primaryTenant |
Philadelphia 76ers
ⓘ
Philadelphia Flyers ⓘ Philadelphia KiXX ⓘ Philadelphia Phantoms ⓘ Philadelphia Wings ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity |
about 17,000 for hockey
ⓘ
about 18,000 for basketball ⓘ |
| significance | historic sports and entertainment venue in Philadelphia ⓘ |
| sportHosted |
basketball
ⓘ
box lacrosse ⓘ ice hockey ⓘ indoor soccer ⓘ |
| successorVenue | Wells Fargo Center ⓘ |
| usedFor |
boxing matches
ⓘ
college basketball games ⓘ concerts ⓘ family shows ⓘ political events ⓘ professional wrestling events ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Spectrum Description of subject: Spectrum was a historic indoor sports and entertainment arena in Philadelphia that hosted professional hockey, basketball, concerts, and major events from the late 1960s until its closure and demolition.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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