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May 17, 2008
EXTRA: First "bunker suite" SOLD to Jay-Z!
Like much of the hype surrounding the Nets arena, this week's launch of luxury suite sales was impeccably choreographed and staged.
For instance, on Thursday morning, The Newark Star-Ledger reported:
Tonight, the Nets will host a party for more than 120 people, including dozens of corporate chief executives and the hip hop impresario Jay-Z, who is considering buying a suite, according to the team's spokesman, Barry Baum.
So, Jay-Z is "considering" buying a bunker suite? Ooh, wonder what he's going to decide.
On Friday, ESPN The Magazine followed up:
Jay-Z was announced to be the first owner of a "bunker suite," one of 12 "event level" spaces that actually has no direct view of the courts, but is tucked between the home and visting teams locker rooms.
Wow, who woulda guessed!
Are we really supposed to believe that sometime Thursday, just in time for Bruce Ratner's luxury suites rollout party, NJ Nets minority owner Jay-Z finally made up his mind to purchase one of those "bunker suites?"
Is Ratner selling suites or snake oil? The sales tactics are pretty much the same.
Posted by lumi at May 17, 2008 7:12 AM