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June 16, 2008
Just wondering I: Nets target '10-11 opening
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Columnist Neil Best gets the Yormark treatment, but doesn't realize he might have a scoop:
What with the news the Yankees are seeking more dough to finish their new palace, it was time to check in with the Nets' efforts to move to Brooklyn, within walking distance of an LIRR stop.
How's it going? "We'll be there for the '10-11 season," CEO Brett Yormark said of an effort slowed by legal challenges.
The plan is to break ground this fall, which would go a long way toward quieting skeptics and selling suites.
Yormark gave me a tour of a sweet-looking model suite in a Manhattan showroom, 500 square feet with room for a small pool table. If I had $300,000 a season to spare, I would rent one and invite readers to hang with me.
ANOTHER SOFT RELEASE?
It looks like slick Yormark is hedging again. Instead of vowing that the Nets will play in their new arena "in calendar year 2010," which is all but impossible, he's now betting on the "2010-2011 season," which you can bet means more like 2011.
The previous admission that the arena opening would be delayed was handled in an orchestrated "soft release." This looks like the beginning of another one.
Posted by lumi at June 16, 2008 5:38 AM