The novelty of being the new kid in town has wore off. They momentum when they started with the 8 Jay concerts and merchandising has waned. When they started you saw merchandise on ppl all over the city, now not so much. The energy in the arena is dead and even when they started a lot of ppl were there to attend a new event/venue not as real fans. I had new Brooklyn ppl telling me it was my obligation as a brooklynite to support them...After I've been rooting for a team for decades?! It doesn't work like that...But I do like having a venue within walking distance to attend concerts. No one can deny the energy in MSG is special and hard to live up to when it comes to basketball.
NBA Screwed up Moving to Brooklyn
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Naw if the Nets improve people will come, they are a bad team right now.
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There may have been some expectation that the "Where Brooklyn At?" natives would support the team,
but like you said, why would you if you've been a Knicks fan all of your life?
Spike Lee didn't convert, and his office is around the corner from the arena.
The BK Nets are the only borough-specific major league sports franchise in the area: the NEW YORK Yankees, the NEW YORK Mets, the NEW YORK Rangers, the NEW YORK Islanders, the NEW JERSEY Devils, and two New York teams who play over the Hudson River in Jersey: the Giants and the Jets.
If I'm from St.Albans, all of the sudden I'm supposed to claim a "Brooklyn team" over the Knicks who've repped all of NYC for decades? Bad market knowledge.
I can't believe parking is being used as an excuse as to why people don't do something in NYC
A lot of cats are lazy. If they're going to an area with parking trouble, more than likely they're leaving their cars at home.
i havent took Metro in NYC since i was 15
whippin around NYC is GOAT shyt
i been to Barclays a few times tho
its aight
but like someone said already the shyt tight as hell!
it reminds me of the old Spectrum in Philly for some reason
whippin around NYC is GOAT shyt
i been to Barclays a few times tho
its aight
but like someone said already the shyt tight as hell!
it reminds me of the old Spectrum in Philly for some reason
Clippers have been there 30+ years
L.A. hasnt been gentrified like Brooklyn.
This isnt 1993 anymore, Brooklyn has no culture fam. its all hipsters from the russ belt.
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Superstar
The new BK Nets fan base of season ticket subscriptions and corporate sponsorships was supposed to come
from all the rich new inhabitants who were going to live and work in a massive complex of luxury buildings
surrounding the Barclays Arena.
Bruce Ratner could not come up with the investment dollars for his vision of 13 years ago, so
the arena remains as the major component that was built at the Atlantic Yards location (now renamed
"Pacific Park").
from all the rich new inhabitants who were going to live and work in a massive complex of luxury buildings
surrounding the Barclays Arena.
Bruce Ratner could not come up with the investment dollars for his vision of 13 years ago, so
the arena remains as the major component that was built at the Atlantic Yards location (now renamed
"Pacific Park").
They're still not as ubiquitous as they are in Manhattan.
I can't believe parking is being used as an excuse as to why people don't do something in NYC
It's an excuse for why people from Long Island wouldn't want to do something in the boros.
R.E.N. Spells Ren
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No doubt, but it ain't stopping people from going. New Yorkers deal with parking issues doing anything in the city.
The new BK Nets fan base of season ticket subscriptions and corporate sponsorships was supposed to come
from all the rich new inhabitants who were going to live and work in a massive complex of luxury buildings
surrounding the Barclays Arena.
Bruce Ratner could not come up with the investment dollars for his vision of 13 years ago, so
the arena remains as the major component that was built at the Atlantic Yards location (now renamed
"Pacific Park").
have those luxury buildings been built around alreay?
R.E.N. Spells Ren
Veteran
You're just making shyt up breh. Parking is no more of a deterrent in Brooklyn than it is in Manhattan.
It is in downtown Brooklyn.
Very true. I've been to the Barclays many times since it's opened. The fact that they have 9 subway lines, plus the LIRR makes that place very accessible.
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Superstar
In this pic from March, you can see some construction right behind the arena (it looks more massive and taller in person).
In the foreground, there is more construction as you travel west on Flatbush Ave towards LIU and Junior's Restaurant. Those are not connected to the Atlantic Yards projects, though.
There certainly is significant development happening in downtown Brooklyn, just not at the scale previously envisioned to support a new sports franchise. Concerts however, will continue do well. Different business model for them.
In this pic from March, you can see some construction right behind the arena (it looks more massive and taller in person).
In the foreground, there is more construction as you travel west on Flatbush Ave towards LIU and Junior's Restaurant. Those are not connected to the Atlantic Yards projects, though.
There certainly is significant development happening in downtown Brooklyn, just not at the scale previously envisioned to support a new sports franchise. Concerts however, will continue do well. Different business model for them.
10-15 years ago, where those luxury buildings and arena is now, what was there? housing projects?
