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October 6, 2005
The headline we haven't seen: Brooklyn Arena Would Be Most Expensive Ever
TimesRatner Report
The price tag of Ratner's arena has ballooned from $435 to $555.3 million, which would make it the MOST EXPENSIVE ARENA IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD .
But imagine a standalone arena. Wouldn't the cost generate some news coverage? Wouldn't reporters be asking Ratner and public officials why the arena would cost so much?
Norman Oder makes a good point in his follow-up blog to the report on the Times's coverage, that under normal circumstances this would be a big story. But Ratner's supersized megablockolis is anything but normal.
Posted by lumi at October 6, 2005 8:00 AM