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September 19, 2012
Billionaires and Millionaires to Cut the Ribbon at Barclays Center on Friday
mcbrooklyn
Two multi-billionaires and two multi-millionaires (plus some politicians) will be cutting the ribbon at the Barclays Center arena this Friday.
Presiding over the ceremony will be Mayor Michael Bloomberg (worth $22 billion); Brooklyn Nets owner and Russian Mikhail Prokhorov ($18 billion), Forest City Ratner CEO Bruce Ratner ($400 million), part-owner Jay-Z ($480 million) and Borough President Marty Markowitz (priceless).
That's about $41 billion dollars worth of humanity on stage Friday morning, not counting the little people.
Related coverage...
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Ribbon-cutting for long-awaited Barclays Center
Interestingly, Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn and several other groups that took part in the opposition to the Atlantic Yards plan – especially its use of eminent domain – plan a series of protest events.
While the arena itself is a done deal, they contend that Forest City Ratner has not followed through on initial promises of jobs and affordable housing.
Among these events are a candlelight vigil on Thursday night at the nearby Brooklyn Bears Community Garden; and a press conference, also at the community garden, at 11 a.m. on the morning of the ribbon-cutting.
Posted by eric at September 19, 2012 12:12 PM