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April 6, 2011

Kim Kardashian's Boyfriend Is Ready For Brooklyn Nets-NY Knicks Rivalry

Gothamist
by Jen Chung

Dumb & Dumber?

Kris Humphries, a forward for the NJ Nets and also boyfriend of Kim Kardashian, visited the Barclays Center, the former site of a Frank Gehry-designed sports arena (now it's something that look like an airplane hanger a modified airplane hanger), where his team is supposed to play. In fact, Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark, who happens to be the Nets CEO, says the area will open on September 28, 2012. And Humphries can't wait.

He told reporters, "Hopefully we can get everyone in Brooklyn to come out and support us and build the tradition the Knicks have... There is a rivalry now. Just think about what it will be like out in Brooklyn." And the Wall Street Journal's Jason Gay also attended the press event.
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According to Gay, "[Humphries] said he wasn't sure if he would live in Brooklyn, though he'd heard "there are some real great places to stay."

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The bigger issue for many locals: what happened to the rest of the ambitious Atlantic Yards complex. The arena was designed as an anchor for a larger development of office and retail towers, initially designed by architecture legend Frank Gehry. Along the way the arena design was downscaled, and the other towers put on hold.

Indefinitely, as it turns out.

Queens Crap, $300M down the drain, people evicted for nothing?

Posted by eric at April 6, 2011 10:24 AM