Arts & Entertainment
Electric Factory Sold, Temporarily Renamed 'North Seventh'
The iconic venue has been sold and is temporarily renamed "North Seventh," but you can help its owners pick a new, suitable name.
PHILADELPHIA – The iconic Electric Factory venue in Philadelphia is no longer the Electric Factory.
New York City-based The Bowery Presents purchased the venue space and is looking for a new name and needs the public's help.
Temporarily named "North Seventh," the new owners are crowdsourcing the venue's new, official name.
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While the company is looking to appease fans of the venue – which opened in 1968 at 22nd and Arch streets then closed in 1971 only to reopen in 1995 at its current location at 7th and Willow streets, social media users were not keen on the name change.
Many asked why bother changing the name, but Philadelphia Weekly reports LiveNation owns the logo and name, neither of which were part of the multimillion-dollar sale.
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If you want to submit a new name suggestion for the Electric Factory, complete the form on the North Seventh website here. You must be at least 18 year old and live in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Delaware to submit a name.
See how social media users reacted to the new below:
Why bother. You’re just going to end up naming it the Bowery Factory
— Ness Lessman (@winebibbing) September 12, 2018
Why y’all gotta mess with good stuff
— Raeesa Mirza (@speedraeesa) September 12, 2018
If they really want to re-name it, they are already a bad owner and don't understand the customer base.
— M0ser (@TM0s41) September 12, 2018
Do not rename this historic venue. Big mistake.
— James Duffy (@PhanaticJD) September 12, 2018
Just change the Electric Factory’s name to The Spectrum
— Joe (@JoeDeCarolis) September 12, 2018
the electric factory is ICONIC venue in Philly and you’re telling me THEY NOW HAVE TO CHANGE THE NAME??????
— Sam (@heysammetz) September 12, 2018
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