Nets still hope to open Barclays Center in 2010
If I stopped blogging, watching sports on TV, listening to the radio and sleeping, I could do a bang-up job covering the financial nuances of the new sports palaces going up around Big Town . . . which theoretically is part of my beat. I think.
Absent that, I just try to keep tabs on this stuff. Here is an interesting story about the potential impact an IRS ruling on tax-exempt bonds could have on various projects, notably the Barclays Center.
I visited the showroom suite in Midtown Wednesday, a picture of which appears here. (I did not see any of these creepy people when I was there.)
It looked nice to me, and costs only $300,000 or so per suite (regular), $540,000 (courtside).
I have mixed emotions about the Barclays Center. I think it would add to the quality of life in downtown Brooklyn - as long as everyone takes the train! - and that the "Brooklyn" brand will be a powerful draw, and that a lot more Long Islanders will venture to Nets games there than they do to the dump in East Rutherford.
On the other hand, it's a shame there is a nice new arena in Newark that is home to a hockey team and not the NBA.
I don't know. It's all very complicated. Too complicated for a guy who posts all day about calls to talk radio stations and interviews with guys in space shuttles.
Click below for info from the Nets about the Barclays Center. I'm done for the week.
Barclays Center
Planned to open in downtown Brooklyn for the 2010 calendar year
Designed by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry
Will play host to world-class concerts, Nets basketball, college sports, family shows and much more
Serviced by ten (10) different subway lines as well as the LIRR for convenient access
Seating capacity of 18,000 for basketball
Will offer 118 executive suites and 12 courtside suites, all of which will be designed by Frank Gehry
40 Loge boxes, 6 Clubs and Restaurants, 3,200 Club Seats
Suite facts
130 Frank Gehry designed suites with next-generation access and technology
64 suites on Suite Level A, 54 suites on Suite Level B, 12 courtside suites on event level
The suites will offer several different unique designs that cater to unique requirements and interests
3 different types of suites
Signature
Lifestyle
Traditional
Amenities include private entrance, access to exclusive restaurants and lounges and dedicated premium concierge services
“Hotel inspired Hospitality” will be offered from “Street to Suite”
Suites will offer 16 open-air seats that will provide exceptional sightlines
Courtside Suites will offer 8 of the most coveted seats in the house for all events
350 – 650 square feet based on location
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