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August 5, 2008
New Net arena delayed yet again
NY Daily News
By Julian Garcia
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If the Nets do manage to sign potential free agent LeBron James before the start of the 2010-11 season, it's possible their fans in New Jersey could get the first look at him, as opposed to those in Brooklyn.
The company that plans to build the team's new home in Brooklyn acknowledged Monday that the arena may not be open until the 2010-11 season is well underway.
While saying the plan remains to move the team to Brooklyn in "calendar year 2010," a representative of Forest City Ratner - Nets owner Bruce Ratner's company - admitted that schedule "is in fact very aggressive."
"While that's the goal, if it is not met, then it would end up being calendar year 2011," said Bruce Bender, the company's executive vice president.
NoLandGrab: "...is in fact very aggressive" — translation, "don't bet on it."
It is unlikely that "the new Nets arena in Brooklyn will likely look like" anything in this photo, given that the Daily Snooze ran a photo of the arena model from the unveiling of the project back in 2003. Bruce Ratner has already announced that the arena will no longer feature a "green roof" and the current design is radically different.
Posted by lumi at August 5, 2008 3:47 AM