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November 13, 2008

No wonder the Nets are giving away tickets

Atlantic Yards Report

The New Jersey Nets, in a gesture that represents both corporate citizenship and an effort to fill some seats in the Izod Center, are giving away tickets to the jobless.
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Indeed, based on images from last night's game against the Indiana Pacers, the seat-filling effort can't begin soon enough. See here, here, and here.

Announced attendance was 13,551, or 68% of 19,968. Then again, a reporter in the audience on Saturday observed that the arena was half-empty when the claim was 89% full.

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Posted by eric at November 13, 2008 9:41 AM