Speaking of Building Foundations...
by Net Income on Jun 29, 2010 4:43 PM EDT
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Bruce Ratner announced Tuesday that close to 700 cubic yards of concrete from two Brooklyn plants, delivered in 80 concrete mixing trucks, has been poured in the first two foundation footings for Barclays Center.
The pourings represent the first step for the 18,000-seat arena's actual construction. Previously, activities at the Brooklyn site have been limited to infrastructure, like improved water, sewer and electric lines. The arena is scheduled for completion prior to the Nets 2012-13 season.
"We're thrilled that we are fully in the construction phase," said Bob Sanna, the executive in charge of construction. "Over the next few months we will continue with the mass excavation, underground plumbing and electrical work along with ongoing foundation work."
Meanwhile, Brooklyn critics were in a Manhattan court Tuesday in a last ditch attempt to scuttle the arena. The critics think the court should overturn approvals for the arena and Atlantic Yards, noting the project has so changed since the original approval that a whole new review is needed. Although the judge in the case, Marcy Friedman, closely questioned the ESDC on the issue, even critics like Norman Oder of Atlantic Yards Report believe "it's doubtful she's going to stop the arena".
- Nets building a foundation -- on Brooklyn arena - Rich Calder - New York Post
- Work begins on concrete foundation for Nets new Brooklyn home - John Brennan - The Record
- Concrete Poured at Atlantic Yards - Barclays Center
- Is ten-year AY schedule reasonable? Judge puts ESDC on the defensive as Development Agreement is scrutinized in 75-minute reargument Norman Oder - Atlantic Yards Report
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sweet. . .
Spot on with the timing. Now we just need a little luck within the next week or so. Let’s Go Nets!!
Good stuff
Here’s the official announcement from Barclays: http://www.barclayscenter.com/pdf/concretepoured.pdf
Good news
This is great news, for all the real Nets fans. We are getting big, really fast
PR is all about Yomark...
And he is the best (but the worst basketball mind).
hard for me to give kudos to Yormark ..
.. after having an argument with him at Izod the day the reversible jerseys announcement was made; but in this case, you’re right – on both counts
ha - not me. Rather watch the games than make a statement.
This happened in the summer – when Just Wright was filming. I just expressed my opinion and he wasn’t pleased.
SAY WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT YORMARK...
But, he didn’t come in here to be a basketball guy, he was brought in for PR, and a GREAT PR people can sell anything, and you know what, there aren’t many, if any, better than him!!
by NJtoLA_NETS FAN on Jun 29, 2010 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank you...
The minute Proky gave $3M to Washington…it showed we are all in for LBJ.
That'll be part of the pitch I'm sure
The chance to make this new home YOUR home. You’ll have a statue outside on Atlantic Ave when you retire. You will be the best thing Brooklyn had since Jackie Robinson.
The ghost of Jackie Robinson...
Wow…that is very moving, especially to a black athlete.
by rundmc00 on Jun 29, 2010 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Not yet
It’s not completed and he wasn’t even signed to the Nets, so you can’t use that title right now.
by Tal Barzilai on Jun 29, 2010 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Debbie Downer
-Say man when I was growing up we wanted a Jacuzzi, we had to fart in the tub.
by NetLogic on Jun 29, 2010 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Just telling it like it is
You can’t say this if they didn’t happen yet. What would be it called if Lebron James doesn’t come to the Nets for next season? It will probably always be known as “The House that State and City Taxpayers Built”, because that’s what ’s paying for it. Either way, I find that pic to be both offensive and insulting. Then again, I would rather be honest about my views rather than lie about them.
by Tal Barzilai on Jun 29, 2010 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh Tal, relax
All Nets fans right now (well most) are BEYOND excited over the next few days. Just look at the site traffic here! Post going into the 3/4/500’s. It’s amazing, this must be one of the most read and posted on SB Nation blogs.
The guys and gals who post here are excited that we’re even in the Bron sweepstakes and there’s a chance we actually can land the 2nd best player in the NBA (Kobe fan)
Can’t we all dream? Even though it comes at my (as a NY taxpayer) expense? Personally, I am thrilled that my tax money is helping fund the arena that very well could be home to the greatest player in the NBA (when Kobe slows down, retires)
I’m not insulting you, I didn’t mean to offend you big guy.
-Say man when I was growing up we wanted a Jacuzzi, we had to fart in the tub.
great news
we just need to keep moving forward with the arena
Morph...
Where are you?
Tal – You must be happy about all the local jobs Ratner is creating. And that DG’s baby will get to go to the best private schools.
Not really
The whole claim that it will create local jobs was a lie from the the begining. Even if it would allow for construction jobs that are local, it would just be temporary, not permanent. After that, those people would be back to what they were before it. As for the jobs when the arena opens, it will just be a bunch of people relocated from the already existing ones rather than hiring locals. Remember the promises for MTC, another FCR-owned complex, rundmc00? How did that help out the community? Where those who lived in the area allowed to have those jobs or did those that located there just relocated their existing employees instead? I am sure you can figure that out. Since you never met DG in person, I am probably the only here who actually did, you know nothing about him, so quit making unwarranted assumptions. How do you know he is sending his daughter to the best private school? Did he actually tell you that or are you just making unwarranted assumptions here? Just don’t place something you have no evidence for otherwise, I will consider it nothing but tabloid and call it false.
by Tal Barzilai on Jun 29, 2010 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Who is pouring the concrete???
Russian elfs?
Follow the WTC site?
I can remember when they were pouring concrete for that ilegitimate replacement known as the Freedom Tower and it was held back a number of times and is still behind schedule even to this, which gives more time to stop it and have Twin Towers II there instead.
by Tal Barzilai on Jun 29, 2010 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Blah blah blah...
The project is already fully funded and the primary benefactor is worth $17 billion.
Very similar to the WTC.
LMAO. DG is laughing his way to the bank while his cronies are relegated to message boards.
Wrong once again
You still have no clue what you are talking about, rundmc00. DG has no cronies, Ratner does. For the record, I was not asked by him or anyone on DDDB to come here and state why the project is a failure, I came here on my own. Also, I am not associated with DDDB in any way or form, so anything you say at me about them will not help you. It doesn’t matter if anything is already funded, it doesn’t change anything that’s going on nor does hide the fact that both of these were chosen behind closed doors. By your logic, is it wrong to complain about the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan because they are funded as well? Once again, I am asking for evidence on how you know DG is doing the stuff you are saying when you probably never met him in person, so it’s very possible you just made that up. Besides, you wouldn’t like if I made unwarranted assumptions on Ratner or Proky, so don’t make any on DG.
by Tal Barzilai on Jun 29, 2010 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Our NETS!
What a great time to be a fan of our NETS!!!!!!!!!!!
Foundations laid in Brooklyn, and the draft, and the cap.
We are positioned to change the direction of our Team’s future.
May G-d grant wisdom and insight to Proky and our teams leadership.
It is going to be a great summer!
GO NETS!
Paul from Delray Beach
Dirk Nowitzki Opts Out In Dallas...
Would YOU offer Dirk a big big three year deal, so he could play for us, until Favors is ready to start? I would. He is every bit as good today, as the other FA PF, just older. I’d take Dirk anyday, for a three year contract.
Paul from Delray Beach
Anyone just see Pardon the interuption (PTI)?
This guy is saying that the Nets are more likely to “flop” in free agency than the Knicks.
LOL!
Knicks are in great shape...
Look at their roster and future draft picks.
LOL!!!
"No one stands on the top of the world. Not you, not me, not even gods. But the unbearable vacancy of the throne in the sky is over. From now on...I will be sitting on it."
by MrDollarBills on Jun 29, 2010 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions
lmao i just saw that!
wilbon and kornheiser (w.e) thought the nets would flop over the knicks.. what dirtbags they are clueless
they're idiots
just like every other talking head blowing hot air out of their anus mouth on BSPN
"No one stands on the top of the world. Not you, not me, not even gods. But the unbearable vacancy of the throne in the sky is over. From now on...I will be sitting on it."
by MrDollarBills on Jun 29, 2010 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions
and kornheiser is from long island isn't he
I want Jerry Manuel fired now, not three years from now. That is my stance.- John Peterson
Not what Chad Ford just tweeted...
We may be seriously underplaying the Nets as players in this. Jay-Z & Prokhorov may be more persuasive than I’ve given them credit for
It's still not over
Just today there was an oral argument at the NY County Supreme Court at 11 AM this morning. The case is known as DDDB et all vs ESDC. The case was petitioned by both DDDB and Brooklyn Speaks. If you want to hear a summary of what happened, then go over the AYR where Oder has it since he was there. On a sidenote, I couldn’t be there because it was on a day I was working, so I had to sit this one out, but I did read his summary, and I suggest the rest of you read it as well.
yeah go tell Isaac about your 'news'
we’re all over it here, because we care about our team more than wherein the tri-state area they play
NI...
Get us a shot of the Billboard on 8th ave, so we can see it in stages…
by NJtoLA_NETS FAN on Jun 29, 2010 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
He will have it
If not today, then tommorow.
by Tal Barzilai on Jun 29, 2010 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions
It's there now
I just saw him give the summary of the oral argument today on the AYR that he went to yesterday.
by Tal Barzilai on Jun 30, 2010 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I for one woud still prefer them being in New Jersey at the Rock! Brooklyn does not excite me in the least. It is, however, exciting knowing we are key players in the free agent hunt, we have been dropping our dead weight players and we had a successful draft again.
LETS GO NETS!
If we were staying in NJ, there would be no LBJ talk.
Where on his radar partly because of the move to Brooklyn.
by No Sleep Till Brooklyn on Jun 29, 2010 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Enough with that
If Lebron James doesn’t come to the Nets, it won’t be because they didn’t move to Brooklyn, it will be because he just didn’t want to come to them. I have said this numerous time and it was from his own mouth, he couldn’t care less where the Nets are playing, and it was more of Jay-Z’s issue rather than his, though Jay-Z owns less than 1% of the team. My best guess is that he will auction himself off to the team that can give him the best bid and the winner will get him, but he will probably just do this just to get more money on the Cavs sort of what Alex Rodriquez did to stay on the Yankees back in 2007 by making a threat that he will go over to the Red Sox by opting out of his contract. Honestly, I still think that the Nets don’t need him, because he way too big of an ego, and some have referred to him as a drama king. Even if he was to come to the Nets, it would be whether or not the move to Brooklyn would happen, not only if it happens. Just stop riding that myth already.
by Tal Barzilai on Jun 30, 2010 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions
i wonder if DG is gonna ask for another 3 million for sentimental differences …
by blazin pp face on Jun 29, 2010 11:12 PM EDT reply actions
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