On Tuesday, Barclays Center released an instagram montage of the Barclays Center with its hockey pad ... and a reminder to buy tickets for Brooklyn's first NHL game, an exhibition match between the Isles and Devils on September 21.
We don't have the date for the announcement of a new head coach. Nor do we list the schedules for each of the Euro-Nets games in the FIBA Eurobasket. Otherwise, we try to be complete, adding September 8, the day for the Moscow mayoral election.
One under-appreciated aspect of Barclays Center is a 400-space bike parking lot at the rear of the building. No more. The Nets and the arena are pushing bike valets, with help from Mayor Bloomberg and an advocacy group, Transportation Alternatives.
We reveal who we think is the mystery man, the coaching candidate that has complicated the Nets search, the person whose elevation would be shocking. We think it's No. 5. The rest isn't as important.
Awards piling up for Barclays Center. On Wednesday night, at the annual Sports Business Journal awards ceremony, Barclays Center was named the "Sports Facility of the Year" A week ago, Architizer Magazine named the arena its "building of the year."
It is the biggest story of the day (apparently): The Nets have been quietly pumping fragrances into the ventilation system at Barclays Center (apparently). The Nets aren't talking but some say ScentAir has the olfactory contract.
Tracy Collins is Brooklyn photographer who's chronicled the critics' fight to stop Atlantic Yards and Barclays Center. In recent days, he has posted a graphical timeline of the 3,000-plus days between announcement and opening night.
The Islanders are in the playoffs this season for the first time in six years (sound familiar?). They're moving to Brooklyn (sound familiar?) And Brett Yormark will be handling their marketing! (really familiar!) There will be more.
"It's the fourth quarter," the deep baritone cascades down from the speakers above. David Diamante is standing, his face on the big screen hanging above center court. It's time to stand up and cheer, now a ritual at Nets home games.
In an extensive interview with a Russian business magazine, Irina Pavlova says that while the Nets aren't making money (yet), the value of the team is now between $700 and $800 million, up from the $220 million Mikhail Prokhorov laid out in 2010.
