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The Brooklyn Nets Arena 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). It is also rumored that the venue would be suitable for ice hockey, possibly offering the New York Islanders a venue should they fail to reach a plan to redevelop their current home in Nassau County, NY. However, this is likely to be several years down the road, as the team does have a long-term lease. 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, City that never Sleeps, 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. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... 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. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... The New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York, a city located on Long Island. ... Nassau County is a suburban county in the New York Metropolitan Area east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. ...

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). 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 system 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 television audiences (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 Newark Arena, 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. ... Computer rendition of planned Newark Devils Arena The Newark Arena is a 18,000-seat multi-purpose arena being built in Newark, New Jersey for the New Jersey Devils. ... 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. ...

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. ...

Critics also claim that many of the promises of the project have already been broken. For instance, the six acres (24,000 m²) of landscaped "public" space will in fact be owned by the developer, and he will refuse any activity against his liking. (Later it was changed to be defined as "publicly accessible space.") This is similar to one of his other major projects in Brooklyn, MetroTech, which does not allow advertisements or deliveries by neighborhood businesses. The park on the arena's roof was originally promised to be public, but as of fall 2005, it will be a private facility. Supporters of the project often cite the promise that 50% of the 4,500 apartments will be low-income. A few days after announcing that figure, the number of apartments was raised to 7,300, and the definition of "moderate income" was set at $109,000 per year. The average income in Brooklyn is $35,000, and the number of apartments that will supposedly be available for residents who make less than that will be 900. Of those 900, many of them will not be on the main Atlanitc Yards site, thus segregating the new residents by income. City Councilmember Charles Barron has asserted that the project will be "instant gentrification." MetroTech Center is a business and educational center in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City. ... Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to keep their lives and personal affairs out of public view, or to control the flow of information about themselves. ... Income disparity is an inequality in pay or salary for equal labor. ... Image:Barron. ... The Embarcadero in downtown San Francisco was once the site of a double-decker freeway with cardboard boxes housing the homeless underneath. ...

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. ... This article is about the current National Football League team. ... 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
• Newark Arena, a proposed arena in Newark, New Jersey for the New Jersey Devils, under construction
• Citi Field, a proposed stadium in Queens for the New York Mets, under construction
• New Yankee Stadium, a proposed stadium in The Bronx for the New York Yankees
• West Side Stadium, a failed proposal for a stadium and business complex over the MTA's Hudson Yards

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External links

• Brooklyn Nets vs. The Residents, participatory art project by Tim Hailey
• Bring Basketball to Brooklyn!, official Brooklyn Nets Arena website (under construction)
• An Open Letter from author Jonathan Lethem to Frank Gehry regarding the scale of Gehry's plans for the Brooklyn Atlantic Yards Project
• Fans for Fair Play, a sports perspective on the Ratner proposal
• TimesRatnerReport, continued analysis of news coverage, especially from the New York Times
• noLandGrab, a pro-community development site blog
• Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, a pro-democratic development community group
• Ratnerville.com, a parody of www.bball.net
• Preliminary Planing Analysis of the Brooklyn Atlantic Yards Project by the Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development
• [1] Borough President Markowitz in 12/30/06 Brooklyn Papers interview rails against media coverage and project opponents