Overview
- Philadelphia’s Art Commission granted conditional concept approval and set a final review for Jan. 14 after a mixed vote.
- Sylvester Stallone agreed the city will keep the original statue, with his replica returning to his collection.
- The original will appear inside the Philadelphia Museum of Art during the April–August 2026 exhibition "Rising Up: Rocky and the Making of Monuments" before a planned permanent placement at the top of the steps.
- Commissioners asked for concrete accessibility plans, including options such as a shuttle to the top of the steps, before issuing final approval.
- Creative Philadelphia estimated the project at about $150,000, citing the statue’s roughly 4 million annual visitors and a goal to leave only one Rocky at the museum, with a different city-owned work at the base.