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June 24, 2009
"The Next Station is... Barclays"
WPIX 11 News, Barclays To Buy Name To Major Brooklyn Subway Station
Commuters passing through the Atlantic Avenue-Pacific Street and Flatbush Avenue subway station in Prospect Heights may soon hear the word "Barclays" to the already long subway station name.
...If the deal goes through, the Barclays name change would not go into effect until 2012.
Brownstoner, More Naming Rights for Barclay's
All you Atlantic Yards fans out there in the blogosphere are gonna love this one. Now, not only will you get to (maybe) have an arena with the name Barclay's plastered all over it, you're also going to have a subway station with the name Barclay's plastered all over it.
Joe. My. God., Barclays Presents: The D Train
Ugh, ugh, ugh. NYC's cash-strapped MTA has sold the naming rights to downtown Brooklyn's massive subway station to Barclays Bank.
Tales from Real America, MTA Crosses a Rubicon
MTA sells naming rights to the Atlantic-Pacific Subway stop to Barclay's bank.
For $200,000 a year.
For 20 years.
MTA, Forest City Ratner and Barclays can all go to hell.
AP via Asbury Park Press, MTA sells renaming rights to N.Y. subway station
The developer of a new NBA arena in Brooklyn has bought the rights to rename a subway station for $4 million.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority approved the deal Wednesday.
Posted by eric at June 24, 2009 1:45 PM