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April 1, 2008
Nets leader lauded at dinner
NY Daily News
By Patrick McCormick
Bruce Ratner isn't the only honoree in Brooklyn:
Brett Yormark, president and chief executive officer of Nets Sports and Entertainment LLC, was honored by Lutheran HealthCare at the group's 125th Anniversary Dinner Dance.
He was named to Sports Business Journal's "Forty Under 40" list for a third consecutive year in 2006, as one of the best sports executives under the age of 40. Yormark was hailed as the driving force behind the recent business success of Nets Sports, for which he has been an executive since 2005 and is paving the way to move the New Jersey Nets to a new arena to be built at the Atlantic Yards.
At the March 6 fund-raiser, Lutheran HealthCare CEO Wendy Goldstein welcomed Lutheran Hospital's future neighbor and lauded Yormark for being a part of Brooklyn's exciting future.
Borough President Marty Markowitz, who was also in attendance, praised Yormark for his leadership as a businessman and for the role he is playing in bringing a professional sports franchise to Brooklyn.
Whoops! It appears that the Daily News reporter didn't read the press release carefully. March 6 was the date of the release not the dinner, which is scheduled on MAY 10, to be held at Chelsea Piers in Brooklyn Manhattan.
Markowitz wasn't in attendance, as the article states, since as far as we know, he hasn't developed the ability to travel into the future; rather he provided these glowing words for the release:
"Next to our soon-to-be Brooklyn Nets, I can't imagine a more winning team than Lutheran HealthCare and Brett Yormark," said Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. "Brett has been one of the biggest cheerleaders for the return of professional sports to Brooklyn—spearheading the Nets' move to a new arena at Atlantic Yards. And just as our borough will benefit from Brett's vision and extraordinary leadership, so will Lutheran HealthCare as it continues to provide its patients with the very best health care available."
Posted by lumi at April 1, 2008 8:24 PM