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April 4, 2012
Nets owner to meet with commissioner in New York
NY Post
by Tim Bontemps
They must be all in a tizzy over at NetsDaily. Sad that the most excitement your team generates is a visit from the owner.
Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov has been missing in action, but that will change next week.
That’s when Prokhorov will meet with NBA commissioner David Stern, and Prokhorov may attend the league’s Board of Governors meetings next Thursday and Friday, Stern said at an event in Manhattan Tuesday to kick off NBA Green Week presented by Sprint.
At those meetings, the Board of Governors officially will vote to approve the Nets’ impending move to Brooklyn, along with the team’s name change from the New Jersey Nets to the Brooklyn Nets.
...Stern also spoke glowingly of the ongoing construction of the team’s new home in Brooklyn, the Barclays Center, which is set to open this fall.
“It’s going to be on time, [and] it’s going to be a spectacular addition to the New York entertainment scene,” Stern said.
NoLandGrab: Uh, David, we like to say a spectacular addition to "New York's civic life" — it's a "civic project," remember?
Posted by eric at April 4, 2012 12:32 PM