Arena Still Ahead of Schedule Despite August's Earthquake and Hurricane

by Net Income on Sep 14, 2011 8:01 AM EDT in Brooklyn

The first construction update since the dual disasters of earthquake and hurricane is out and the Barclays Center remains a month ahead of schedule, with "substantial completion is anticipated to be by August 27, 2012". The arena is now more than 35% complete and roofing panels should be going up soon...if not already underway.

Meanwhile, work on the Transit Connection has slowed (for reasons unrelated to the earthquake or hurricane) and is now due to be completed March 26 of next year, its original completion date. It had been ahead of schedule. Among the recent changes to the design are the elimination of a $15,000 team sauna ("few teams actually use them," said a Net insider) and the addition of $83,000 for "design modifications to the team and family lounge". Well, there are a lot of those Kardashians.

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Just to clarify

Is it elimination of both the sauna and family lounge, or just the sauna and an extra $83,000 spent on the lounge?

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by eLonepb on Sep 14, 2011 9:08 AM EDT reply actions

addition of $83,000

by Net Income on Sep 14, 2011 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions

That's good

At first glance I thought the $15,000 reduction was indicating some kind of reduction in spending, but the fact they’ve actually increased by a net $68K is good.

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by eLonepb on Sep 14, 2011 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions

there have been other changes we've reported

like $3,000 study on hockey sightline improvements.

I was told the sauna in Dallas is never used…and besides, the Nets are investigating a training facility elsewhere.

By the way, seeing that Charlier was in Brooklyn yesterday…as seen on njnets.com, I think we know who is repping the Nets at the CBA talks.

by Net Income on Sep 14, 2011 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions

The figure of only 35% complete is deceptive.

They have 12 more months to finish everything.
Even ignoring all the preparation work to the area, they started the arena about 15 months ago.
At that rate it should take about 2 more years to finish.

However, even the curtainwall sequence is at 16 secs. out of 30 secs. or more than 50% complete.

by jerry25 on Sep 14, 2011 11:54 PM EDT reply actions