Editing Comcast (section)

===Professional sports===
{{main|Comcast Spectacor}}
In 1996, Comcast bought a controlling stake in Spectacor from the company's founder, [[Ed Snider]].<ref>{{cite web
 | url        = http://articles.philly.com/1996-03-22/sports/25637786_1_comcast-move-flyers-and-sixers-msg-network
 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20140216203006/http://articles.philly.com/1996-03-22/sports/25637786_1_comcast-move-flyers-and-sixers-msg-network
 | url-status = dead
 | archive-date = February 16, 2014
 | title      = Msg What Comcast Hopes To Become
 | website    = The Philadelphia Inquirer
 | author     = Bill Fleischman
 | date       = March 22, 1996
 | access-date = February 16, 2014
 }}</ref> Comcast Spectacor holdings now include the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] [[NHL]] hockey team and [[Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)|their home arena]] in [[Philadelphia]], as well as [[esports]] organization [[T1 (esports)|T1]], in a joint venture with South Korea's [[SK Telecom]]. Over a number of years, Comcast became majority owner of Comcast SportsNet, as well as Golf Channel and NBCSN (formerly the Outdoor Life Network, then Versus). In 2002, Comcast paid the [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]] $25&nbsp;million for [[naming rights]] to the new basketball arena built on the College Park campus, the [[Xfinity Center (College Park, Maryland)|Xfinity Center]]. Before it was renamed for Comcast's cable subsidiary, Xfinity Center was called Comcast Center from its opening in 2002 through July 2014. Comcast became the sponsor of [[NASCAR]]'s second-tier series renaming it the [[NASCAR Xfinity Series]] in 2015.