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June 27, 2012
Barclays Center Will Have Metal Detectors, Patdowns
DNAinfo.com
by Leslie Albrecht
This is new technology that is more efficient, more effective, and less intrusive than a wand," Barclays Center spokesman Barry Baum said in an email. "We take security very seriously and these detectors will allow us to most effectively screen arena visitors."
The Barclays Center security team will also work closely with security personnel at the nearby Atlantic Center Mall, as well as with the Long Island Rail Road and Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which will "beef up their manning levels" at the newly renamed Atlantic Av-Barclays Center transit hub, watchdog blog Atlantic Yards Report wrote.
Officials said the arena could hold up to 18,200 fans during Brooklyn Nets games, and that off-duty NYPD cops would be brought in to handle large-scale crowds.
Community Board 2 chairman John Dew asked whether Barclays Center developer Forest City Ratner Companies would pay for the extra manpower.
"The answer is no," FCRC spokeswoman Ashley Cotton responded.
NoLandGrab: Forest City Ratner has stuck the public with the Atlantic Yards check from the beginning — did you expect them to change now?
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