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Nets' Arena Subsidies Could Be Worth Nearly a Billion

Huffington Post writer--and Brooklyn critic of the Nets' new arena--Michael D. D. White has done some math on how much municipal and state subsidies Bruce Ratner will receive on the Nets' new Brooklyn arena comes up with a figure approaching $1 billion. White says Ratner's biggest benefit comes in exemptions from real estate and sales taxes on the arena.