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NRG station (formerly named AT&T station, and earlier Pattison station) is the southern terminus of
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's
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, located at 3600 South Broad Street, at the intersection with Pattison Avenue in the
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, Pennsylvania. The station's naming rights were sold to
NRG Energy NRG Energy, Inc. is an American energy company, headquartered in Houston, Texas. It was formerly the wholesale arm of Northern States Power Company (NSP), which became Xcel Energy, but became independent in 2000. NRG Energy is involved in ener ...
in 2018. Previously, naming rights were sold to
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for eight years. NRG station is located within short walking distance of the
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, providing access to
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,
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, the
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, and
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, the home venues of Philadelphia's four main professional sports teams – the
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, Flyers,
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, and
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, select games of the
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men's basketball team, and Philadelphia Wings lacrosse team. All local Broad Street Line trains serve the station. SEPTA often operates special "Sports Express" trains before and after large events. These trains run nonstop between NRG and
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s and make express stops north to
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. The station has a
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lot not operated by SEPTA; it is used for stadium parking during sporting events.


History

Pattison station opened for service on April 8, 1973 as one of the last two stations of the Broad Street subway to open, the other being the neighboring Oregon station. The original line, which dates back to 1928, ran from Olney to . From 1938 until this station's opening, the line terminated at
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. The two-station extension was built at a cost of $37 million in 1973 dollars.


Renaming

On June 17, 2010 the station was renamed "AT&T Station." Naming rights were sold to
AT&T AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the world's largest telecommunications company by revenue and the third largest provider of mobile tel ...
for five years at a cost of $5 million; SEPTA netted $3 million, while the agency's advertising contractor Titan Outdoor (now Intersection) received the remaining $2 million. The costs for renaming – included changing of all mentions of the station throughout the line to "AT&T Station and Sports Complex" – were covered by the $3 million. The initial contract was later extended for an additional three years. On July 25, 2018, SEPTA announced that
NRG Energy NRG Energy, Inc. is an American energy company, headquartered in Houston, Texas. It was formerly the wholesale arm of Northern States Power Company (NSP), which became Xcel Energy, but became independent in 2000. NRG Energy is involved in ener ...
had agreed to a five-year contract for the station's naming rights, paying $5.25 million. The name change to NRG Station took effect on August 1 and was inaugurated on August 14. Intersection received 15% of this contract, or about $800,000. It cost about $150,000 to change around 7,000 signs in the SEPTA system to reflect the name change, as well as $97,000 to reprint 6,000 route maps. The contract also allows NRG to set up marketing tables in SEPTA stations, as well as rentable portable phone chargers in this station.


Station layout

Much like Oregon station, NRG station has its
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barriers at four street-level headhouses, all located on the east side of Broad Street. The station has an unusually wide and long
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to accommodate crush capacity crowds that occur regularly after events at the Sports Complex. There is an additional, infrequently-used platform on a level immediately beneath the regular service platform which is visible from the gated stairways along the length of the platform.


References


External links

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SEPTA – NRG station
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