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June 30, 2010
Work begins on concrete foundation for Nets new Brooklyn home
Bergen Record
by John Brennan
The New Jersey Nets celebrated an important milestone in the construction of the Barclays Center basketball arena near downtown Brooklyn on Tuesday, as concrete began pouring for the foundation of the 18,000-seat facility.
Nearly 700 cubic yards of concrete from two plants was delivered to the site in 80 concrete-mixing trucks, according to Bob Sanna. He is a vice president with Forest City Ratner, which is developing the Atlantic Yards project at the site that ultimately also is scheduled to include thousands of condominiums.
“Over the next few months, we will continue with the mass excavation, underground plumbing and electrical work, along with ongoing foundation work,” Sanna said.
Arenas of this size typically take about 24 months to build, and the Nets hope to have the building ready to open by mid-2012. If that happens — and the weather temperatures would have to cooperate this winter so concrete can still be poured — then the team could meet its goal of moving into the Barclays Center in time for the start of the 2012-13 season.
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The Brooklyn Blog [NYPost.com], Nets building a foundation -- on Brooklyn arena
The Nets might be a dark horse in the LeBron James sweepstakes as they try re-building their fragile foundation, but at least the foundation of their long-delayed Brooklyn arena project appears in better shape.
Forest City Ratner Co., developer of the Atlantic Yards project in Prospect Heights, announced today that The Laquila Group, a Brooklyn-based excavation and foundation contractor, along with WNW Concrete Contracting, a local minority owned business, has begun pouring concrete for the foundation of the 18,000-seat Barclays Center.
NetsDaily, Speaking of Building Foundations...
Barclays Center Press Release, CONCRETE POURED AT ATLANTIC YARDS [PDF]
Posted by eric at June 30, 2010 9:26 AM