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July 26, 2012

Brooklyn's Barclays Center offering box seats with unlimited food and access to 40/40 club for $165 per Nets game or $29,000 for four season tickets

Promotions is steep contrast to Madison Square Garden prices where similar premium seats go for more than half a million

NY Daily News
by Lore Croghan, Mark Morales and Reuven Blau

Three reporters to rewrite a press release?

The Barclays Center is offering luxury — at a discount.

The new Brooklyn arena has created an entire loge section featuring box seats with unlimited grub, access to the exclusive 40/40 Club and a separate arena entrance for $165 per game.

That comes to $29,040 for four season tickets.

That’s a steep contrast to the Manhattan prices at Madison Square Garden, where similarly situated premium seats — without waiter service or special VIP entrance — go for up to $580,000 for the season.

And spots in top luxury boxes sell for an estimated $1 million for the Knicks season.
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“This is a way for fans to get in at a lower price point and for them to move seats that they haven’t been able to sell,” Flaherty said.
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Still, not everyone can afford the discounted rate.

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NoLandGrab: No sh*t, Sherlock. $29,000 for four seats is close to Brooklyn's median annual household income. "Discounted?"

Posted by eric at July 26, 2012 10:33 AM