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November 2, 2007
Report: Keep open Izod Center, even with arrival of new arena
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The NJ Sports and Exposition Authority is contemplating keeping the doors open at the arena formerly known as "Continental," recently rechristened "Izod."
New Jersey would be better served by two arenas instead of one.
That's the conclusion of a report by a Meadowlands Sports Complex subcommittee on whether to keep the Izod Center in East Rutherford open.
Here's more evidence of the "soft release" we mentioned yesterday, by which Bruce Ratner's pr team is quietly letting folks know that they won't be coming to Brooklyn in two years, even though they've known it for a while and have insisted to the contrary:
The Izod Center is still home to the New Jersey Nets. The NBA team plans to move to a new arena in Brooklyn within three years.
NJ Biz is reporting that:
Sports Authority CEO George Zoffinger said he believes the Izod Center will be able to compete with the Prudential Center for concerts and family shows like the circus.
NoLandGrab: Both of these arenas would be competing with a new arena in Brooklyn, unless folks start going to the circus more often.
Nets Daily noticed the big news that was bubbling under the Izod Center opening-night hype:
...for the first time, Ratner admitted his new Brooklyn arena won’t be ready at the start of the 2009-10 season.
Posted by lumi at November 2, 2007 6:32 AM