Flyers to honor Ed Snider with statue outside Wells Fargo Center
By Matthew C
The Philadelphia Flyers are set to honor Ed Snider with a bronze statue outside of the Wells Fargo Center on October 19th, before taking on the Predators.
The Philadelphia Flyers will pay tribute to it’s late founder, Ed Snider. Snider passed away on April 11th, 2016 of bladder cancer.
He was known to many as simply Mr. Snider.
In his honor, there will be a bronze 9-foot statue placed right outside the Wells Fargo. The 1,300 pound statue, built by Chad Fisher, will stand on a 3-foot base made from solid granite.
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The process of designing the statue took place inside the Wells Fargo Center in the archives office. Fisher collected multiple pictures of Snider, who then met with the Snider family to agree on a layout.
The statue is scheduled to be unveiled on October 19th, when the Flyers face the Nashville Predators. October 19th marks the 50 anniversary of the first Flyers home game.
Before his death, Snider was the chairman of Comcast Spectacor, a company that owns the Flyers, as well as the then-called Comcast SportsNet. When his death was announced, the Flyers honored him by wearing patches on their jersey that read “EMS”.
He is the Flyers’ co-founder, and was well respected by not only the entire Flyers organization, but the entire hockey community as well. He sold his home back in 1966 to get money to get a National Hockey League team in Philadelphia.
Now, Ed Snider will always be a part of the Flyers, and his memory will live on forever.