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September 23, 2009
Thought experiment: what if Prokohorov had been the owner of the Nets in 2003?
Atlantic Yards Report
What if Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, who, in a deal announced today would own 80% of the Nets, 45% of the arena, and have an option on 20% of the rest of the Atlantic Yards project, had been majority owner of the Nets in December 2003 when AY was announced?
What if Prokhorov and Ratner had been partners?
Brooklyn sport?
Could Ratner have said, "This started with basketball, a Brooklyn sport," as he said at the time? Could have continued to say, as he did upon the acquisition of Yi Jianlian, that “It’s 100 percent about basketball."
State support
Would the state's effort to pursue eminent domain for a "civic project" and "land use improvement project" including a (nominally) publicly owned state-of-the-art arena have run into roadblocks?
Posted by eric at September 23, 2009 9:58 PM