The whole emotional tempest blew up anew in 1990 when the statue was temporarily placed atop the Museum steps for “Rocky V” then returned to the Spectrum again. 
In 2006, on the 30th anniversary of the original “Rocky” film, the 2000 pound statue by A. Thomas Schomberg, was moved once again, to the base of the steps of the Art Museum, where you can visit it today. 
For all the debate among the board of the Art Museum, there is no debate among tour guides regarding the lasting fame the Rocky saga brought to Philadelphia and to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Thousands still climb the steps and strike a Rocky-like pose. And by now there are countless cellphone snaphots of visitors posing alongside the bronze boxer. Few foreign visitors know or care about Betsy Ross, Carpenters’ Hall, or Oney Judge, but their eyes light up in recognition when they see the Museum’s steps and the statue of Rocky near the base. (Source: Ron Avery for ushistory.org/oddities)
