Wings to cease operations following 2025–26 season

Comcast Spectacor is shutting down the Philadelphia Wings, NLL hopes someone else will step in

Drew Smith
March 30, 2026
Philly
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Comcast Spectacor announced Sunday that it will cease operations of the Philadelphia Wings at the end of the 2025-26 NLL season. The reason given was a shift in strategic business priorities.

Wings will cease operations under Comcast Spectacor after this season

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— Philadelphia Wings (@NLLwings) March 30, 2026

The National Lacrosse League released a statement expressing optimism about securing new ownership to keep the franchise alive in Philadelphia.

Statement on the Wings future from the NLL

Update from the National Lacrosse League and Comcast Spectacor pic.twitter.com/UFBpmTnR0x
— NLL (@NLL) March 30, 2026

That last part is worth paying attention to. This is not necessarily the permanent end of professional lacrosse in Philadelphia. The NLL clearly wants to keep a team in this market and is actively looking for someone to take over.

Comcast Spectacor is walking away from the business but the franchise itself may not have to die with it. New ownership could come in and keep the Wings going under a different structure.

It has happened before in professional sports and the NLL has every reason to prioritize Philadelphia given the size of the market and the city’s history with the sport.

The Wings were re-established in 2017 and returned to play in 2018, reviving a franchise with genuine roots in Philadelphia’s lacrosse culture. The city has a real connection to the sport and the fanbase that built up around the modern version of this team put real time and energy into supporting it. Comcast Spectacor built a passionate community around the Wings during their run and then decided the business no longer fit the portfolio. That is a corporate decision that real fans end up absorbing.

Philadelphia will finish out 2025-26 under current operations. What happens after that depends on whether the NLL can find a buyer willing to keep professional lacrosse in South Philly. The hope is someone does.