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December 24, 2009
Nets Closer to a Newark Layover
Off the Dribble [NY Times NBA Blog]
by Ken Belson
The Nets took one giant step toward moving to Brooklyn on Wednesday when the developer Bruce C. Ratner closed on his 22-acre Atlantic Yards project. But the Nets also inched closer to moving to Newark.
New Jersey’s economic czar, Jerry Zaro, has been working on a plan to have the Nets leave the Izod Center at the end of the season and play their remaining games in the state at the Prudential Center. The goal is to turn that arena in Newark into a sports-centric venue and to let the Izod Center host the bulk of concerts and other entertainment in the area.
...Brett Yormark, the Nets’ chief executive, said he has had preliminary conversations with Christie’s transition team.
“Hopefully, they’ll come to an understanding,” he said. “The state knows our interest in moving to Newark, it’s well documented.”
NoLandGrab: Wha?! Well documented? Yormark told the Star-Ledger in May of 2008 that "sharing the Prudential Center with the Devils 'is of no interest to us.'"
Posted by eric at December 24, 2009 12:27 AM