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May 12, 2006
A nirvana for the Nets brews in Brooklyn
The Newark Star-Ledger article by Matthew Futterman focuses more on the arena portion of Frank Gehry's latest design:
Continental Airlines Arena it's not.
In an atmosphere more akin to the opening of a major art exhibition than the unveiling of a sports venue, the Nets and architect Frank Gehry showed off the latest design of their planned arena in Brooklyn yesterday.
Since purchasing the National Basketball Association team two years ago, Bruce Ratner has been promising to deliver an arena unlike anything any sports fan has ever seen. Yesterday Ratner's hand-picked architect delivered on that promise.
During a 45-minute slide show at the Atlantic Center Mall across from the proposed site, Gehry delivered an illustrated tour of an arena designed to be both large and intimate.
Posted by lumi at May 12, 2006 7:11 AM