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March 6, 2012
First Nets staffers relocate to Downtown Brooklyn
NY Post
by Rich Calder
Hey Brooklyn, the Nets have finally arrived.
While the currently NJ-based NBA team's players and coaches won’t be calling the borough home until Barclays Center opens in September, its first 57 staffers began relocating today to the club's new offices at Metro Tech Center in Downtown Brooklyn.
The workers -- mostly in sales and marketing -- came from the club's current headquarters in East Rutherford, NJ, and its luxury-suites sales showroom in Manhattan.
Over the next two months, another 100 employees on the business side of operations will follow over to Metro Tech Center, which is owned by Barclays Center builder Bruce Ratner. The developer first proposed moving the team to Brooklyn nine years ago.
Brace yourselves, Brooklyn.
“Everything is coming together. We’re finally here,” crowed Nets/Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark, who was among the first to make the move to the new 11th floor offices at 15 Metro Tech Center.
NoLandGrab: Can you feel the excitement? Not even a smidge? Us neither.
Posted by eric at March 6, 2012 11:30 AM