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September 21, 2012
Barclays Center, the new jewel in New York's crown, opens its doors
Brooklyn arena is a landmark in the borough's rebirth
NY Daily News, Editorial
The editorial page of the Daily News, responsible for so much cheerleading Atlantic Yards drivel over the past nine years, delivers again.
Nine years in the making, a world-class sports and entertainment arena known as the Barclays Center is officially open at the heart of Brooklyn. How sweet it is!
The venue’s handsome presence at Flatbush and Atlantic Aves. is testament to New York’s vitality, to the dramatically rising spirit of the city’s most populous borough and to the perseverance of developer Bruce Ratner.
Now, New York has two baseball stadiums still in their infancy, a refurbished Madison Square Garden and a home for the pro basketball Brooklyn Nets — all built without the heavy public subsidies other cities have laid out to play host to teams.
OK, that's where we stopped reading. "Built without the heavy public subsidies?" They must've forgotten about the $726 million in subsidies that New York City's Independent Budget Office calculated.
Related coverage...
Atlantic Yards Report, Daily News, in (predictable) cheerleading editorial, reveals it will sponsor Daily News Plaza outside Barclays Center
In the midst of yet another cheerleading editorial for the Barclays Center, the New York Daily News today reveals that the plaza outside the arena will be called the Daily News Plaza. (It was earlier supposed to be the ADT Plaza.)
Who knows the actual business arrangement, but if there's been good reason to believe the Daily News--especially the editorials--has been compromised regarding coverage of Atlantic Yards, this provides more fodder.
(It has also periodically provided relatively more coverage than its rivals, such as mention yesterday of today's arena protests, though that's not saying much.)
Posted by eric at September 21, 2012 1:35 PM