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July 23, 2011
Barclays Center And The Arts: How To Fill An Arena
Prospect Heights Patch
There was much attention three weeks ago when the Barclays Center of Brooklyn announced that there would be a partnership with the Brooklyn Academy of Music to help put on some shows in the arena, which offers almost nine times the seating capacity of BAM's largest current theater. "With the construction of the Barclays Center, there will be a remarkable array of arts and entertainment venues, ranging from 250 to 18,000 seats, within a two-block radius here in Fort Greene," Karen Brooks Hopkins, president of BAM, was quoted as saying. She promised “spectacular large scale, artistically-driven events that have never been seen in New York City” – shows “on a very large scale, large nouvelle cirque kind of work, big dance kind of things, music.”
How any BAM events could come any where near to filling an 18,000 seat arena is a mystery, but not to worry. This is basically a publicity stunt as BAM would recommend only 3 events each year.
Posted by steve at July 23, 2011 9:38 PM