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May 17, 2011
8 BALLING A BALLER'S PARADISE: AMEX PRESALE FOR BARCLAY CENTER ANNOUNCED
F**ked in Park Slope
FIPS once again consults its Magic 8 Ball regarding Atlantic Yards.
According to BUMPERSHINE, American Express is having a pre-sale for an All-Access Pass to the Nets 2012-2013 season in their new stadium, the Barclay Center (or as I like to call it: the giant steel shit Bruce Ratner took on us all). And there is an actual date! September 28, 2012!
...I thought I would turn to my modern Delphi, the Magic 8 Ball) and see what it thought of our little cluster fuck to be: (I say again, like I say every time, I do not reshake. Whatever the 8 ball responds, I write!)
Magic 8 Ball How are you?
M8B: Most likely.Great! So let's dive right in. Do you think the Barclay Center is the WORST. IDEA. EVER?
M8B: You may rely on it.Do you think the North Slope will suffer because it's close(ish) proximity?
M8B: Yes.How so? Traffic on event nights? Noise pollution? A systematic extermination of bike lanes?
M8B: You may rely on it.
...Will the Nets suck just as hard in Brooklyn as they did in New Jersey?
M8B: You may rely on it.
...M8B are you really excited to see other family-friendly events like Sesame Street on Ice and the latest Cirque Du Sogay when they roll into town?
M8B: Very doubtful.Yeah, me neither. Do you miss Freddy's in it's old location?
M8B: It is decidedly so.Me too. Oh well.
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BUMPERSHINE, Brooklyn Nets Amex Presale Info, Barclays Center Set To Open in Sep 2012
If the massive steel skeleton on Flatbush and Atlantic wasn’t enough of a reminder, the nightmare of almost every South Brooklyn resident just got one step close to reality today. Bruce Ratner’s much reviled Barclays Center is scheduled to open on September 28, 2012, at least according to this e-mail blast that I received from American Express this morning.
Posted by eric at May 17, 2011 11:34 AM