Or maybe even worse. What used to be Bruce Ratner's dream for a new arena but is now Mikhail Prokhorov's is still a nightmare for Brooklyn critics. Wasting no time, opponents seized on Prokhorov's background as well as the idea that Russia's richest man will now be the beneficiary of federal, state and city subsidies. In Russia, they're upset he's spending his money stateside, while two New Jersey columnists kept pushing the idea of the Nets in Newark.
- Prokhorov signs 'tentative' deal to buy Nets - Neil deMause - Field of Schemes
- Pascrell questions sale of Nets to Russian billionaire - PolitickerNJ
- DDDB: Some Additional Reaction - Mark Ginocchio - Nets Are Scorching
- Fans should walk away from 'crazy' Nets - Steve Politi - Star-Ledger
- A Nets longshot from Russia with love - Ian O'Connor - The Record
- Unanswered questions remain about the Prokhorov deal, "certain contingent funding commitments," and subsidies for foreign billionaires - Norman Oder - Atlantic Yards Report
- Soviet-style math: from requested cost-benefit analysis to delivered "economic benefit analysis" - Norman Oder - Atlantic Yards Report
- Desperate Bruce Ratner Reaches to Russia in Rescue Attempt for Brooklyn Arena Project - Daniel Goldstein - Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn
- Mikhail Prokhorov May Save Ratner’s Atlantic Yards Project, But It’s Not a Sure Thing - Chris Rovzar - New York Magazine
- Prokhorov involvement raises important question for Nets' arena deal - Josh Alper - NBC New York
- Prokhorov Nets deal: Who's getting paid? - Neil deMause - Field of Schemes