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Jay-Z Stars in Barclays Suites
This may not be the best time to talk about the future, with the present so ugly, but Thursday the Nets will introduce ""The Vault at Barclays Center,", the 11 Jay-Z designed party suites that will retail for $550,000 a year. Previously known as the "Event-Level Suites", they will be courtside and...
Ratner: Nets Regional, Global Team
In an interview with Forbes' Mike Ozanian, Bruce Ratner says Barclays Center, with its location and Brooklyn, with its global brand, will make the Nets a regional team as well as a global team. Ratner compared the Nets to the Giants and Jets who while they play in New Jersey have fans throughout...
Jay-Z - He's Big and He's Ours
In remarks by Nets officials, he is officially referred to as "cultural icon" rather than minority shareholder, reportedly part of an agreement between he and the team. His name is printed in all caps, as in "JAY-Z". The face of the team may be Deron Williams, but the face of the franchise and its...
For Nets, Blue-Print Seems Obvious
Word is that the Nets will unveil new team colors and logo next month, but reading tea leaves, gossip pages and the official website of Brooklyn, it's looking quite likely that blue, a bright Dodger or Jay-Z blue you might say, is going to be one of those colors. The latest hint, Jay-Z and...
Jay-Z Avoids Players ... And Big Fine
Terez Owens, gossiper par excellence, reports this weekend that Jay-Z, as an NBA owner, had to keep some top NBA players at bay Friday night at the GQ Man of the Year Awards, apparently fearful that any such contact would result of a big (like six-figure) fine from the league. According to a T.O....
Nets Advisor Sees Future in Equity
Steve Stoute is business partner with Jay-Z in the advertising and marketing agency that's pushing the Nets move to Brooklyn. He's also Jay-Z's marketing consultant and the man seen accompaniying the Nets minority owner to games, where he'll sit with Jay-Z and Dmitry Razumov, Mikhail Prokhorov's...
Lee: Nets-Knicks at Barclays "Crazy"
Spike Lee reiterated what he's been saying about his fan loyalty for the past month (ever since a NetsDaily poster asked if he would root for his hometown Brooklyn team next year). He's not going to do it. But this time he displayed a bit more equanimity towards the soon-to-be Brooklyn Nets. In...
Brooklynites Buy Barclays Suites
If you're looking for another indicator that the Nets are becoming Brooklyn's (and New York's) team, here's one: 39% of Barclays Center suites sold have been sold to Brooklyn buyers, and another 25% to buyers in Manhattan. "Then, a mixture of Jersey, Connecticut, Philly-based," says Dan Lefton,...
Is Jay-Z "Hustling" for Nets?
Referring to Jay-Z as someone who's made a "remarkable journey from a hustler slinging drugs to an international icon", Norman Oder of Atlantic Yards Report castigates the Nets' minority owner as "fronting for two other world-class hustlers" in his promotion of the Barclays Center. Writing for...
Nets-Sixers Rivaly Rooted in Rap?
The Nets and 76ers have never had much of a rivalry even though the two teams are only separated by about 90 miles and in the past few years have basically swapped front offices. For years, Ed Stefanski commuted from Philly to East Rutherford and now Billy King does the reverse.Moving to Brooklyn...
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