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The Barclays Center is a proposed sports arena to be built partly on a platform over the Metropolitan Transportation Authority-owned Atlantic Yards at Atlantic Avenue in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is part of a proposed US$3.5 billion sports arena, business and residential complex. The site is intended to serve as a new home for the New Jersey Nets, currently based at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The MTA site is 8.3 acres (34,000 m²); the Atlantic Yards project site would be 22 acres (89,000 m²). Image File history File links Current_sport. ... ARENA may refer to either: Nationalist Republican Alliance, a political party in El Salvador. ... The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the State of New York. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Atlantic Avenue is a street in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... A borough is an administrative division used in various countries. ... Brooklyn (named for the Dutch city Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City, USA. An independent city until its consolidation into New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New Yorks most populous borough, with a 2005 Census Estimate of 2,486,235 residents. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... ARENA may refer to either: Nationalist Republican Alliance, a political party in El Salvador. ... This article is about the business concept. ... A residential area is a type of land use where the predominant use is residential. ... The New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ... Continental Airlines Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ... Map highlighting East Rutherfords location within Bergen County. ... An acre is an English unit of area, which is also frequently used in the United States and some Commonwealth countries. ...

The arena, along with the rest of the complex, is a project of Brooklyn developer Bruce Ratner, who acquired the Nets in 2004, with the purpose of moving them from New Jersey to this site near the New York City Subway in Brooklyn, one of the most transit-accessible locations in the city. The move would mark the return of major league sports to Brooklyn, which has been absent since the departure of the Dodgers to Los Angeles in 1957 (their proposal for a new stadium at the Atlantic Yards to replace the unprofitable Ebbets Field had been turned down by the city in the past). Ratner's group hopes to have the arena open for the 2009-10 season. Bruce Ratner (born January 23, 1945 in Cleveland, Ohio) is president and CEO of Forest City Enterprises, New York Citys most active real estate developer during the 1990s. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system operated by the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority as MTA New York City Transit. ... The major professional sports leagues are those professional sports leagues with the largest fan bases and the most lucrative television contracts (and therefore, the largest revenues and player salaries). ... The text below is generated by a template, which has been proposed for deletion. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball park located in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York. ...

Design

Designed by architect Frank Gehry, the arena would host the Nets, along with concerts, conventions and other sporting events, competing with Madison Square Garden and the Prudential Center, which is currently under construction, among other facilities. The arena's roof would feature a public park, ringed by an open-air running track that doubles as a skating rink in winter with panoramic vistas facing Manhattan year-round. Frank Owen Gehry, (born Ephraim Owen Goldberg in Toronto, Ontario on February 28, 1929) is a Pritzker Prize winning architect based in Los Angeles, California. ... Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, known colloquially simply as The Garden, has been the name of four arenas in New York City, United States. ... Prudential Tower in 1963, with construction not quite finished. ... A womens 400 metre hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ... Rockefeller Centre ice rink An ice rink is a frozen body of water where people can ice skate or play winter sports. ... This article is about the artistic term Panorama. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ...

Naming rights

It has been reported that London-based Barclays Bank has agreed to pay the team hundreds of(400) millions of dollars over the next 20 years for the naming rights of their future Brooklyn home. On January 18, 2007 it was announced that the arena would be called Barclays Center, becoming the second major league sports venue to be called a center in the NYC metro area. Recently, the future home to the New Jersey Devils hockey team in Newark, New Jersey was named the Prudential Center. [1] This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Barclays Bank headquarters One Churchill Place, Canary Wharf Barclays PLC (LSE: BARC, NYSE: BCS, TYO: 8642 ) is the third largest bank in the United Kingdom. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ... The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ... Nickname: The Brick City Map of Newark in Essex County Coordinates: County Essex Founded/Incorporated 1666/1836 Mayor Cory Booker, term of office 2006–2010 Area    - City 67. ... Prudential Tower in 1963, with construction not quite finished. ...

Development controversy

Main article: Atlantic Yards

Along with most stadium and arena proposals that utilize public money and / or property, the Atlantic Yards project is not without controversy. The development of the project, which is endorsed by the MTA and mayor Michael Bloomberg, has been strongly supported by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and is popular among some Brooklynites. But, it has also been opposed by a number of community groups in the area, and New York City Council member Letitia James, who points to the mixed successes of Ratner's previous projects, increased traffic congestion, and what she and her constituents see as the unfair exercise of eminent domain to remove residents for a commercial interest. Advocates of the project have claimed that the area is blighted in defense of using eminent domain, yet the area is in one of the hottest real estate markets in the United States. Roger Green, an early supporter of the project, stated unequivocally that the site is not blighted. The site of the arena was also privately negotiated to be sold to Ratner below the market value. Two opinion polls have shown that most New Yorkers oppose a publicly subsidized arena. The project, as of September 16, 2005, has grown to include 7,300 residential units (4,500 rental apartments, half "affordable," plus 2800 market-rate condos). To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is a prominent American businessman, the founder of Bloomberg L.P., and the current Mayor of New York City. ... Marty Markowitz is the Borough President of Brooklyn, New York City. ... Community Group are a political party in the United Kingdom whose representative Martin Williams contested the constituency of Doncaster North at the 2005 general election, receiving 2,365 votes (the elected Labour MP, Ed Miliband, received 19,788 votes). ... New York City Hall The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of the City of New York. ... New York City Council Member Letitia James. ... Traffic jams are common in heavily populated areas. ... Eminent domain (U.S.), compulsory purchase (United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland), resumption (Australia) or expropriation (Canada, South Africa) in common law legal systems is the inherent power of the state to expropriate private property, or rights in private property, without the owners consent, either for its own use or... Blight is the name for any of a number of diseases affecting many species of plants. ... Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ... Market capitalization, often abbreviated to market cap, mkt. ... Opinion polls are surveys of opinion using sampling. ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Affordable housing is a dwelling where the total housing costs are affordable to those living in that housing unit. ... This article refers to a form of housing. ...

Opposition groups look to the successful cancellation of the similar (but larger in scale) West Side Stadium project that was to be constructed above the Hudson Yards in Manhattan. This stadium would have become the home for the New York Jets, who instead opted to share a New Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey with the New York Giants. The cancellation of West Side Stadium is considered largely responsible for the scuttling of the New York City 2012 Olympic bid, as it would have been the main Olympic stadium had New York City won the bid. Two other stadiums are currently being constructed in New York City: the Mets' Citi Field and the New Yankee Stadium, which has caused a mild public outcry with the public parkland being used for it. An artists rendition of how the West Side Stadium would have looked. ... City East Rutherford, New Jersey Other nicknames Gang Green Team colors Green and White Head Coach Eric Mangini Owner Robert Wood Johnson IV General manager Mike Tannenbaum League/Conference affiliations American Football League (1960-1969) Eastern Division (1960-1969) National Football League (1970–present) American Football Conference (1970-present) AFC... New Meadowlands Stadium is a planned football stadium. ... For the current season, see 2006 New York Giants season. ... The New York City 2012 Olympic bid was one of the five short-listed bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics, ultimately won by London 2012. ... Citi Field is the new Major League Baseball stadium for the New York Mets to be built in Willets Point, in the New York City borough of Queens, as a replacement for Shea Stadium, which was constructed in 1964 adjacent to the site of the 1964 Worlds Fair. ... New Yankee Stadium is the working title for a new stadium for the New York Yankees, currently under construction. ...

See also

• KeySpan Park, a Coney Island minor league baseball stadium, opened in 2001
• Prudential Center, a proposed arena in Newark, New Jersey for the New Jersey Devils, under construction
• Citi Field, a proposed baseball stadium in Queens for the New York Mets, under construction
• New Yankee Stadium, a proposed baseball stadium in The Bronx for the New York Yankees
• New Meadowlands Stadium, a proposed football stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey for the New York Giants and New York Jets.
• West Side Stadium, a failed proposal for a stadium and business complex over the MTA's Hudson Yards

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External links

• Barclayscenter.com, official website of the Barclays Center
• Brooklyn Nets vs. The Residents, participatory art project by Tim Hailey
• Bring Basketball to Brooklyn!, official Brooklyn Nets Arena website (under construction)
• Fans for Fair Play, a sports perspective on the Ratner proposal
• Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, a pro-democratic development community group
• Ratnerville.com, a parody of www.bball.net
• Location, Location, Location – the naming rights bar is raised again thanks to the Big Apple Nets Naming Rights Deal