Protests will be underway Thursday after bills that would allow the Philadelphia 76ers to build a new $1.3 billion arena in Center City were passed out of committee, including a $60 million community benefits agreement.

After postponing -- not once, but twice -- with a vote of 13 to 4, Philadelphia City Council's Committee of the Whole has voted to advance the $1.3 billion plan for a 76ers arena to be read before full council.

Four members voted against the project, including Councilmembers Jamie Gauthier and Rue Landau, who had expressed some openness to supporting it.