The Disneyification of Brooklyn

by Net Income on Jan 2, 2012 8:53 AM EST in Brooklyn

If Brook Lopez is the Nets center next October, he'll feel right at home. Same is true of Dwight Howard. The Nets have combined with DIsney to bring the feel of Disneyland and DisneyWorld to the Barclays Center. Lopez, of course, has a lifetime pass to the theme parks and Howard has worked with Disney while in Orlando.

The "feel" the Nets are looking for is about the customer experience. All 1,500 arena employees will be trained by Disney. "We want to create a magical experience where everyone is treated like a VIP no matter where they sit, and no one does it better than Disney," Brett Yormark told The Post.

‘Mouse’ cleaning for Nets - Rich Calder - New York Post

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yep, cause when I think of Brooklyn, I automatically think of Disney

I really hope that they just mean the employees will be treating customers nice (which I honestly DIDN’T experience in Disneyworld but that’s another story)

hopefully there aren’t people in mickey mouse uniforms running around

by soul driver on Jan 2, 2012 9:00 AM EST reply actions

sorry guess I didn't wake up in the best of moods

by soul driver on Jan 2, 2012 9:00 AM EST up reply actions

So...

no Biggie Pavilion?

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by calling all toasters on Jan 2, 2012 9:22 AM EST reply actions

Lol

Lopez: "I'll stop being lazy and go after every rebound"

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by cedaghost on Jan 2, 2012 10:25 AM EST via Android app up reply actions

From the way they have been playing...

Each fan should be treated really well because there probably will be one fan for each of the 1500 employees. Product sells and this is shaping up to be one stinky product. Doesn’t matter how nice you are to the fans. Expect big promos for celtics, heat, clippers, lakers and Knicks. They will have fans who have a quality product to watch.

by whoopdeedamndo on Jan 2, 2012 9:39 AM EST via mobile reply actions

LOL

that should be fun

Nets Mets Giants ALL DAY

NY Giants Tribute

by netsareboss on Jan 2, 2012 10:08 AM EST reply actions

If Brook get's traded to Orlando

Disney gonna be thinking twice by giving him that lifetime pass

by jumpman on Jan 2, 2012 10:46 AM EST reply actions

he already has it

all paid for.

"It's as sweet as it ever was, I'll tell you. Now, hopefully, we started something and we can win some more championships, but we're going to enjoy this one right now. Have a little champagne." --Julius Erving, May 12, 1976, ABA champion Nets locker room.

by Net Income on Jan 2, 2012 11:38 AM EST up reply actions

Already Disneyfied

For the past number of decades, much of NYC has already been Disneyfied unless some have been living under a rock. Just hearing to make it like Disney feels like a barrel of laughs. The truth is that making an area into a place that can be found anywhere doesn’t make it unique, it actually makes plain. I can still remember reading about how Times Square became that, and many on the City Room found it to be nothing more than being overrated. Giving chains and corporations tax breaks to locate somewhere doesn’t help a neighborhood or even city either, it actually hurts especially because many of the locals are forced to pay more just because they are. Also, such a process does lead to mass gentrification that forces those who have been there for a while to be priced out. Overall, a theme park feel didn’t help much for Times Square on the locals, so I doubt that the Barclays Center can do any better, and don’t give me that it does well for tourists, because they are not there in a daily basis. Nevertheless, here is what Oder had to say about that, and please don’t shoot the messenger.

http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2012/01/post-salutes-nets-use-of-disney.html

by Tal Barzilai on Jan 2, 2012 11:04 AM EST reply actions

i guess you prefer the porn palaces and the crime of the 1970's

you guys think you have some special aesthetic. You shake your heads at what the public likes and dismiss it as trite. What is truly trite is the nostalgia for the crap that was there before. Same holds true for exaggerated belief that Atlantic Yards was something special. It was a boring wasteland of industrial buildings, a few of which had been converted to residences, while the rest were an eyesore.

by Net Income on Jan 2, 2012 11:42 AM EST up reply actions

that is ture but

to price out the people who already live there is wrong. You arent fixing any of the issues that caused the urban blight in the first place just moving it someplace else out sight.

Look at camden and philadelphia. As philly has improved camden has steadily gotten worse until now where its essentially a war zone for its citizens. All they did by gentrifying philly is move the problem somewhere else not solve the problem.

So yes that area of brooklyn will be nice but it will just move the problem

by mightymosdefinition on Jan 2, 2012 12:17 PM EST up reply actions

Pricing who out?

How many people do you think lived in the Atlantic Yards footprint?

About 400, few of whom were renters. The owners got double and triple the value of their properties…ending with Goldstein.

There will be 2000+ affordable units in the finished complex.

by Net Income on Jan 2, 2012 2:45 PM EST up reply actions

Still riding that myth

That person above you said it pretty well. In reality this is really a short term goal, not a long term goal. Unfortunately, NI, you have ever worse fuzzy math than George W Bush. As a matter of fact, saying that makes him look like a genius compared to you. Due to the rises in rents and property taxes, it makes it harder for long time residents to stay, so they are forced to move as the gentrification wave continues, which explains why so many NYPD and NYFD members don’t live in any of the boroughs due to such costs. The same can even go with those working in hospitals, public schools, or anywhere else in the city now having to make such long commutes, while those that are high up such as CEOs can always live close enough to work because of their income. The reason I stay away much from areas that are on guidebooks is because I not only find them to be nothing but overglorified malls, but also the tourists sometimes make it hard to get through, so I go to the areas that most guidebooks don’t show a lot to avoid such crowds as I am no tourist here. Getting back to the AY, DDDB, yes they are still active, has the real numbers of those living there, and I will believe them. Those who originally did sell only agreed to it on the so-called claims that they will get to move back there in on agreement that wouldn’t even be completed even if it could be done already, and they had to agree to a gag order on not being allowed to protest it all. However, Goldstein signed no gag order, and he is still attending events on saying how much the project is a sham, but you will probably never know this, because you have never actually met or spoke to him in person as I did, and what he got was still way less than what Ratner was using in subsidies to get his project. Let’s not forget that Oder debunked the claim on affordable units and found that it’s really just half the rentals, not half of the projects. Speaking of such, here is what Oder had to say on the progress of this, and this was from what he heard and saw with a first hand experience as I find this the perfect time to mention this.

http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2011/12/cognitive-dissidence-bruce-ratner-he-of.html

by Tal Barzilai on Jan 3, 2012 12:30 AM EST up reply actions

Philosophy much?

Sometimes right and wrong can mean different things based on who is viewing it. Although I will agree that Times Square has changed a lot since its seedy days, it doesn’t need to look like an overglorified mall. In the long run allowing big businesses to locate in such places actually hurts the area, not helps it. If those businesses really found the area prestigious, they would be paying the full price, not getting it for less. As for the AY, it was the residents that helped fix up the neighborhoods, and just about no major politicians helped them. Even if they looked like eyesores from the outside, their interiors made up for that. Unfortunately, we will never what that neighborhood could have became, because your friend Ratner was able to pull the strings in getting it torn down all thanks to friends in high places. Only a paid supporter or someone who is part of the bread and circus media would say it was an eyesore, which many go on record for saying. Last time I checked, many of them despite not living there anymore, are still fighting this today. BTW, Battle for Brooklyn is very likely to recieve the final nomination for the Academy Awards as it continues to get such good reviews across the country, so I suggest you see it this week or you will be left in the dark. Better yet, if the Nets win their next game, you should see the film as part of my victory of the bet. More importantly, locals should always come before tourists here, not the other way around as Bloomberg believes.

by Tal Barzilai on Jan 2, 2012 12:05 PM EST up reply actions

oh please

The Battle for Brooklyn is on the short list to be NOMINATED for Oscar, I WON an Emmy in September.

by Net Income on Jan 2, 2012 2:49 PM EST up reply actions

Ignorance knows no bliss

First off, do you even know what an Emmy even is? This is an award for TV. What did you win an Emmy for anyway? Then again, if there was an award for being the best propagandist, believeing so many myths, or even just being part of the bread and circus media, you would probably win that easily, while Oder will probably win for the best coverage of the AY, and he will probably get that in a landslide. Meanwhile, the Oscars are for movies, the Grammys are for music, the Tonys are for plays and musicals, and there are probably a lot more than the ones I am mentioning here. Nevertheless, I wouldn’t be surprised if Battle for Brooklyn does win another award after all the popularity it’s getting. At least seeing the film will allow you to say that you saw it when probably many others will think that you are a paid supporter for avoiding it. Overall, you just made that statement out of sarcasm. For the record, the film you refuse to see also won the Chameleon Award not that long ago, and the last time I checked, awards like this aren’t given to films that are terrible. What is the real reason you will never see this film? Did you take an oath from Ratner and his cronies that if you ever see it or talk with the opposition, you will lose all the benefits from his fan club as he kicks you out? Now that is real sarcasm there. Reguardless, I will like to hear a real reason you will never see this film, and not an excuse, because only then will I understand why otherwise you are just looking for another away to avoid hearing the truth. Maybe you are just afraid that the film will debunk everything you believe, though there have been supporters who have seen this film and didn’t think it was propaganada at all with James Cadwell of BUILD and columnist Errol Louis to name a few.

by Tal Barzilai on Jan 3, 2012 12:44 AM EST up reply actions