City Council on Wednesday evening postponed a committee vote on the 76ers’ proposal to build an arena in Center City, leaving just hours to go before a key legislative deadline. “Talks continue,” Council President Kenyatta Johnson told reporters.

The legislation needed to authorize the $1.3 billion project is not expected to get a final vote until Council’s Dec. 19 meeting. But the committee vote on Wednesday all but guaranteed passage.

Philadelphia lawmakers are engaged in last-minute negotiations with the Sixers to salvage a controversial deal to build a downtown arena. Why it matters: The City Council has proposed doubling the amount the 76ers agreed to spend in a community benefits agreement to $100 million — the major sticking point in securing sign-off on the legislative package by year-end,

With a self-imposed deadline for the project's approval fast approaching, the Sixers appear to be at an impasse with City Council over the value of the community benefits agreement included in the deal.