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June 18, 2012
550G-a-year fan ‘caves’
No-view suites at Nets arena
NY Post
by Gary Buiso
Not being able to see the woeful Nets stumbling around the court may actually be a selling point.
They might be the most expensive rooms — without a view — in the city.
At $550,000 per year, suites in The Vault at the Brooklyn Nets’ Barclays Center arena offer exclusivity, high-end finishes and unmatched privacy — but no windows.
They’re for luxury tailgating.
“This is not for everyone,” Nets CEO Brett Yormark told The Post during an exclusive first look at The Vault’s 11 catacombs still under construction. “This is for a particular customer who wants to entertain at the highest level.
...Five of the suites have already been snapped up, Yormark told The Post.
Rap mogul Jay-Z, who is a Nets part owner and director of the arena, designed the suites and bought the first one — a glass-enclosed hive that stands to the right of imposing 15-foot-tall wooden doors to be emblazoned with a massive “V.”
...“It’s like your backstage,” Yormark said. “It’s the kind of environment where you are interacting potentially with celebrities.”
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Posted by eric at June 18, 2012 10:41 AM