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September 27, 2012
Barclays blastoff
NY Post
by Rich Calder
Barclays Center opens tomorrow with the first in a series of eight concerts by rap mogul Jay-Z — and city, MTA and arena workers are working overtime to prepare for the mobs of people heading there.
The MTA on Monday opened its new $76 million subway entrance in the plaza of the 18,200-seat arena, providing swift access to the main entrance at Atlantic and Flatbush avenues. After the concerts, Nets games and other arena events, the agency says, it will add service on many of the 11 lines that stop there and will double LIRR service from Atlantic Terminal.
Fans planning to drive to the arena got good news Monday with the long-awaited reopening of the nearby Carlton Avenue Bridge, which closed for renovations in 2008.
Traffic agents and cops will be in full force near the arena to help ensure that pedestrian and vehicular traffic flow smoothly.
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NY Daily News, Park Slope-based programmer helps arena fans make quick departure from Brooklyn
Spectators will be able to time their exit from the new arena thanks to software that pinpoints the location of their train, allowing them to avoid the unpleasantries of being cooped up like a sardine on a crowded platform.
Once events at the new arena come to a close, schedules and service updates for subways and Long Island Rail Road trains will be beamed to hundreds of TV screens throughout arena.
The feature — provided by the Park Slope-based mobile app company Roadify — is part of a push to encourage arena-goers to use mass transit.
Posted by eric at September 27, 2012 10:32 AM