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August 5, 2008
Nets Arena May Not Be Finished Until 2011, Ratner Says
The Daily Newarker
Seriously, Nets? Newark can get this done for you by next season. The arena is here and ready for you. Do New Jersey proud and stay here, do something good for a city that will welcome you here, and maintain your current fans.
Newark is a win-win for everyone except Forest City Ratner, who is just totally screwing with you guys.
More Coverage:
Newsday.com, Nets move to Brooklyn delayed again?
This doesn't surprise me much, as the project has been delayed several times. As recently as January, the Nets acknowledged that their original plan to move into the new Brooklyn arena for the start of the 2009-10 season was unrealistic, saying their hope was to complete the move during the calendar year 2010.
NoLandGrab: Actually, their original original plan was to move into a new Brooklyn arena in 2006, but who's counting?
The Knicks Blog, Nets To Brooklyn Hits Another Snag
The Real Deal, Atlantic Yards' Nets arena faces more delays
NBA Fan House, Brooklyn Will Have to Wait for LeBron Nets
HoopsVibe.com, Arena for Brooklyn Nets Delayed Again
Does it count as news if everyone already knew it was going to happen? Let’s assume that it does and treat this story as if it’s a surprise. The folks at the not-so-attractively-named Forest City Ratner company have come out and admitted that the schedule which would have seen the new arena for the soon-to-be Brooklyn Nets completed in "calendar year 2010" is "very aggressive".
For those of you not fluent in business-speak, that means that there’s about as much chance it’ll be ready by 2010 as there is of Bruce Ratner suiting up and playing small forward on opening night.
While [2010 is] the goal, if it is not met, then it would end up being calendar year 2011.
In related news, eleven is one larger than ten.
Posted by eric at August 5, 2008 11:58 AM