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July 21, 2011
New Barclays Center Stadium: Did You Know They're Talking About 200 Events a Year?
About.com Brooklyn, NY
Uh, yes.
Wow. I just finished doing a little what's-what article about the rapidly rising Barclays Center stadium at Atlantic Yards, and I'm bowled over by the number of events the developers are talking about putting on: 200 a year. Let me repeat: Two hundred a year.
...That's a LOT of people streaming in, out, and around the area; the stadium will seat 18,000 for basketball games, and jam an extra 1,000 or so more in for concerts.
...The new Brooklyn stadium isn't Ebbets Field redux, oh misty eyed nostalgic Brooklynites, although Larry King's ads would make you think this is all about getting a pro sports team back to Brooklyn. Nope.
Posted by eric at July 21, 2011 11:40 AM