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January 3, 2008
Nets push back planned move to Brooklyn
AP (via amNY) actually reported that Ratner already revealed to the press that the Brooklyn arena wouldn't be ready for the 2009 season, but that didn't stop the PR machine from spinning, or at least going around in circles:
The Nets had planned to play at its new arena in New York starting in 2009. But spokesman Barry Baum said the move to Brooklyn wouldn't happen until sometime in 2010.
The Nets could possibly begin the season at the Izod Center in East Rutherford and move to the new arena, to be called the Barclays Center, in the first half of 2010, Baum said.
In October, Nets principal owner Bruce Ratner told The Associated Press that the new arena probably would not be ready by the start of the 2009-2010 season.
NoLandGrab: What's really funny is that The Times also carried the AP story (see "Nets Say Brooklyn Move May Be Delayed Further") even though the paper of record ran an "exclusive" on the matter back on December 12, 2007.
If you're thinking this is brutally weird, the Ratner PR machine, which orchestrated the "soft release" in late October/early November and The Times's exclusive, must've felt like yesterday was Groundhog Day.
Posted by lumi at January 3, 2008 11:18 PM