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January 3, 2008
Nets will shoot around in N.J. for another year
Bergen Record
By John Brennan
Jerseyites are going to have to come to terms with the reality that the Nets are going to be hanging around for at least another year:
Team spokesman Barry Baum confirmed a delay in the long-touted move to the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn planned for 2009.
"We plan to be in at the Barclays Center during the 2010 calendar year," Baum said.
The Nets' lease with the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority requires the Nets to give the agency at least 18 months written notice before leaving the Izod Center in East Rutherford. That meant that the club had until Dec. 31 to give intent of a move to Brooklyn in the fall of 2009.
"We have not received any such notice from the Nets," sports authority President Dennis Robinson said Wednesday, while confirming the resulting commitment required of the team.
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Construction of National Basketball Association arenas typically takes 24 months, and the Nets have yet to break ground on their site near downtown Brooklyn. If the Nets are unable to begin arena construction by this summer, they may also need to spend part or all of the 2010-11 season in New Jersey.
Posted by lumi at January 3, 2008 6:44 PM