With New Jersey Nets ownership starting to ramp up ticket-sales efforts for the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, it’s apparent how they’re positioning the team: pretty much the opposite of everything associated with Madison Square Garden and the Knicks. That may not be a bad strategy: after all, the Knicks hiked ticket prices by some […]
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Barclays Center set to open for 2012 season: Developer
{jathumbnail off} Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, set to be the new home of the New Jersey Nets (NBA), will open on September 28, 2012, in plenty of time for the 2012-2013 pro basketball season, according to officials with developer Forest City Ratner. According to Linda Chiarelli of Forest City Ratner, the arena foundation is 70 percent […]
Surprise, surprise: Atlantic Yards back in court
{jathumbnail off} It’s a wonder anything ever gets built in New York City. Surprising news today: neighborhood activists once again sued the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) and asked that construction on Barclays Center and Atlantic Yards be halted pending reevaluation of the enabling environmental study — and a judge is ready to listen. Barclays […]
Ratner: New Nets arena will open for 2012-13 season
Despite a late start to the construction process and a development site where utility relocation is still happening, developer Bruce Ratner says the new Brooklyn Barclays Center, set to open as the home of the New Jersey Nets (NBA), will open its doors for the 2012-2013 season. That’s a pretty tight deadline, to be sure, […]
Hempstead fails to approve Lighthouse project; will Wang be forced to move Islanders?
The impasse over Charles Wang’s proposal for a large development surrounding Nassau Coliseum has been broken by the town of Hempstead — but Hempstead is essentially vetoing the project, and Wang’s plans to subsidize an arena makeover with development money may finally be dead. The background: New York Islanders (NHL) owner Wang has proposed a […]
Last Barclay Center holdout throws in the towel
Dan Goldstein, the Web designer who stubbornly fought the use of eminent domain in the development of Barclays Center, has finally accepted an offer from Bruce Ratnet for his condo, clearing the way for construction to begin on the long-anticipated project. Goldstein was the face of the many Brooklyn residents who fought the use of […]
