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January 18, 2010
It came from the Blogosphere...
Gothamist, Homeless Shelter Closed to Accomodate Atlantic Yards Arena
A Prospect Heights homeless shelter that housed about 80 families was itself made homeless over the weekend, to make room for the controversial Barclay's Center/Atlantic Yards project. Thirty-five families have been moved from the Pacific Dean Annex shelter to permanent housing, and 45 to other shelters, over the protest of local politicians....
Though the shelter's occupants are being relocated, critics of the closure say the city's overburdened shelter system can't afford to lose beds and facilities. Tonight the shelter's supporters will hold a vigil, starting at 10 p.m., outside the shelter at 603 Dean Street. They're calling on the Governor and the developers to re-open the shelter and at least allow it to operate until winter ends.
SportsBusiness Journal, Cavs among NBA elite in sales, retention
The NBA handed out sales awards during its annual marketing meetings held recently in Brooklyn, N.Y., to eight teams having full-season-ticket sales of at least 10,000.
...Three teams — the Celtics, Lakers and Cavaliers — were recognized for having at least a 90 percent season-ticket retention rate, while the Bulls, Nuggets, Detroit Pistons, New Jersey Nets and Washington Wizards were recognized for selling at least 3,000 group tickets per game.
NoLandGrab: In the case of the Nets, "selling at least 3,000 group tickets per game" likely means "giving away at least 3,000 group tickets per game."
Dances with Bears, MORE SNOW GAMES – WHO’S THAT ON THE SLOPES AT COURCHEVEL, AND WHAT’S IN THAT FRENCH LETTER?
Moscow-based journalist/blogger John Helmer, fresh off an alleged assassination attempt by thugs allegedly employed by Rusal, a Russian company 18.9% owned by prospective Nets majority owner Mikhail Prokhorov, has apparently not been cowed, as he reports that the alleged apology and absolution by French authorities for Prokhorov's January 2007 arrest on prostitution charges may be something other than a "mon mal" by French prosecutors.
On November 25, 2009, Le Progres published a detailed account of what it claims was the two and a half-year campaign by the Russian authorities to delay, and then to prevent the French judge and prosecutor in the Prokhorov case from completing their work. “How Russia has blocked a Lyon investigation” is the headline. The lead says: “in the name of the higher ‘interests’ of the [Russian] Federation, a judge and a prosecutor of Lyon have been unable to intervene in an affair of prostitution implicating a Russian billionaire at Courchevel.”
...The US basketball press have been interested in the “French apology”, because the arrest, jail time, and prosecution cast a shadow over Prokhorov’s application to buy the New Jersey Nets team franchise. In several places the apology has been reported to have been followed by a lavish celebration on the ski slopes of Courchevel, hosted by Prokhorov.
...Schittly, the case reporter at Le Progres in Lyon, said he had no knowledge of either the French apology to Prokhorov, or of the reported vindication fete at Courchevel this month.
Posted by eric at January 18, 2010 5:47 PM