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June 22, 2012
Barclays Center bans bottle service at Jay-Z's 40/40 Club
NY Post
by Rich Calder
Or at least they say they do. As with everything else about the Atlantic Yards project, another bait and switch is hardly out of the question.
High-rolling Brooklyn Nets fans will have to get their hard liquor by the glass at Jay-Z’s proposed 40/40 Club in the Barclays Center.
A week after the Chris Brown vs. Drake bottle-throwing melee at SoHo hotspot W.i.P., Barclays Center reps made a point of assuring state liquor officials that there will be no bottle service — except for champagne and wine — at arena director Jay-Z’s latest outpost of his club mini-chain.
During a State Liquor Authority hearing in Manhattan Wednesday night, Ashley Cotton, a spokeswoman for arena developer Forest City Ratner, said that suite holders will, however, be able to buy bottles of hard liquor.
“The 40/40 Club will have no bottle service,” said Cotton, who defined such service as “bottles of hard liquor” like gin and vodka “being sold at inflated prices of up to $600 ... to be purchased and drank all at once in a club setting.”
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Community groups continued to voice their deep concerns regarding the prospect of late-night drinking at Barclays Center at a public hearing regarding the arena's liquor license application in Harlem Wednesday night.
At issue for many critics of the plan was proposed alcohol service during the fourth quarter of basketball games, after events and previously undisclosed operations at a 1,800-person capacity Courtside Club, Vault suite area and a brand-new Brooklyn outpost of Jay-Z's 40/40 club.
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Neighbors of the arena are still worried about drinking at the venue. At a public hearing Tuesday night, neighbors presented a petition protesting the venue’s plan to sell alcohol until 2 a.m. They asked that alcohol sales be cut off at 10 p.m.
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“The [community] boards were not informed about the clubs’ later hours of operation prior to their deliberations,” said Gib Veconi of the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council and a Prospect Heights resident. “The boards [should] take public testimony on new information regarding the arena clubs prior to voting on a revised resolution of support.”
DNAinfo.com, Jay-Z's Barclays Center 40/40 Club Won't Have Bottle Service
Locals' fears multiplied when the news broke that the 40/40 Club would open a location inside the new arena. The upscale restaurant, co-owned by Jay-Z, has a Flatiron District location where high rollers can shell out for bottle service packages such as the $3,000 "Hollywood" package, which includes two bottles of Champagne, two bottles of vodka, one bottle of whiskey or cognac, and one bottle of tequila.
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Posted by eric at June 22, 2012 10:59 AM