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January 8, 2008
The Press Catches On...Ground Has Not Broken
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn notes that the press got one thing right, "the fact that Forest City Ratner has not broken ground on its arena."
The Associated Press, WNYC-radio, the NY Times, the Daily News, the Bergen Record, the Newark Star-Ledger and others "reported" that no ground has been broken for the arena. As we've been saying for the past year, the only activity that has been going on at the project's footprint has been some demolition activity, because until the eminent domain lawsuits are resolved, the arena and superblocks cannot be constructed. The fact that ground has not been broken was reported because according to Forest City Rartner's latest projections, the earliest they think they can open the arena would be for the 2010-2011 basketball season. First they said 2006-07, then 2009-10, now 2010-2011. There is ample evidence that in reality 2011-2012 would be the earliest.
Posted by lumi at January 8, 2008 5:58 AM