STOCK PHOTO — NOT EASTLAKE PARK

STOCK PHOTO — NOT EASTLAKE PARK

🏀 Delaware's first Sixers court is open — and it's in Wilmington.

Eastlake Park — 30th Street Park to everyone who grew up on it — reopened Wednesday with a freshly paved, red-white-and-blue 76ers-themed court: new hoops, foundation logo at center court. Plus a new playground, pickleball court, pavilion and picnic areas.

The foundation put $150,000 toward the project, with the city covering the rest of the $188,000 total, according to city Communications Director Caroline Klinger. After 15 courts around Philadelphia, it's their first in Delaware.

Mayor John Carney, who played here as a kid, called it "an unbelievably happy day." Councilmember Shané Darby pushed six years for this: "This isn't just another park in my district. This is home."

Kids helped cut the ribbon, then joined a clinic with Blue Coats coaches. Open dawn to dusk.

(Sources: Wilmington City Council; Delaware Online; Sports Illustrated — October 2026.)

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