Barclays Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City district of Brooklyn. The arena is part of the future business and housing complex of $ 4.9 billion now known as Pacific Park. The site is on Atlantic Avenue, next to the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center subway station which has been renamed 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , B , D , N , Q , R and W routes, as well as directly above the Atlantic Terminal LIRR.
This arena is home to the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association and New York Islanders of the National Hockey League. The Arena also hosts concerts, conventions and sporting events and other entertainment. It competes with other facilities in the New York metropolitan area, including Madison Square Garden in Manhattan and Prudential Center in Newark.
Arena, proposed in 2004 when real estate developer Bruce Ratner bought the Nets for $ 300 million as the first step of the process to build a new home for the team, suffered significant hurdles during its development. The use of eminent domains and their potential environmental impacts leads to community resistance, especially as residential and business buildings such as Ward Bakery are destroyed and a large number of public subsidies are used, leading to several lawsuits. The global recession of 2009 also caused project financing to dry up. As a result, development is delayed until 2010, without secure funding for the projects already allocated. Groundbreaking for construction occurred on March 11, 2010, and the arena opened on 21 September 2012, which was also attended by about 200 protesters. It held its first show with a Jay-Z concert on 28 September 2012. The Arena and Brooklyn Nets are owned by American owners Mikhail Prokhorov.
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The arena is ruled by Bruce Ratner from real estate developer Forest City Ratner Companies, a division of New York Forest City Enterprises founded by Ratner. He obtained the New Jersey Nets basketball team in 2004 for $ 300 million (he has sold most of his stake to continue funding the project) for the purpose of moving him to the Pacific Park development in Brooklyn's Prospect Heights playing in the arena that will be the center of the commercial and residential reconstruction project in Pacific Park. The move marks the return of major league sports to Brooklyn, which has been absent since the departure of Dodgers to Los Angeles in 1957. Incidentally, the original proposal for a vaulted stadium for Brooklyn Dodgers was just north of the Brooklyn Brooklyn Park site, where the Atlantic Terminal Mall, also owned by Forest City Ratner Companies, is located.
The arena was originally projected to open in 2006, with the rest of the Brooklyn Pacific Park complex to follow. However, controversy involving local residents, the use of eminent domains, potential environmental impacts, lack of sustainable public financing, and large economic downturn delayed the project. Because of these legal and financial issues, development agreements seem to lead to failure or collapse. Frank Gehry, an architect involved in the initial design of the project said, in March 2009, "I do not think it will happen," and Ratner at one point explored the selling of the team. The New York Supreme Court ruled in favor of Ratner on May 16, 2009. Opponents appealed the court's decision. The appeal is scheduled for October 14, 2009, with the decision to be issued no sooner than November 25.
Russian businessman Mikhail Prokhorov approved a $ 200 million deal on Sept. 23, 2009, to become the primary owner of the Nets and a major investor in the Brooklyn arena.
The Nets played two pre-season games at Prudential Center in October 2009. Both successful preseason games, and an agreement that will keep the Nets playing at Prudential Center for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 NBA seasons are becoming more likely. The negotiations were almost a mess, when the New Jersey Sports and Exhibition Authority refused to release the Nets from their lease in Izod. The negotiations continued, and on February 18, 2010, the Nets finalized an agreement that would move them to Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey until the Barclays Center was opened.
The New York Appellate Court ruled in favor of the state using a leading domain for the project on November 24, 2009. Empire State Development Corporation Vice President Warner Johnston indicated that the agency is committed to seeing the project finish and says "we can now move forward with development."
Another potential barrier to this development resulted from a negative Appeal Court decision relating to a similar case of a leading domain, filed against Columbia University. This landmark case could provide a new life for the case brought by the community group, Develop Do not Destroy Brooklyn (DDDB).
However, on March 1, 2010, Brooklyn Justice Judge Abraham Gerges hit a challenge by property owners, regarding the use of the country from a leading domain, allowing private property to be condemned. The breakthrough for this project took place on March 11, 2010.
The first concrete was poured into the Barclays Center foundation on June 29, 2010. The arena began vertical construction on November 23, 2010, with the installation of the first steel pieces. The arena ends on January 12, 2012, and is open to the public on September 21, 2012.
The New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL) announced on October 24, 2012, that the franchise will move to Barclays Center in 2015 after the expiration of their lease at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, which the team has called home since it started in 1972. The deal does not require the involvement of the New York Rangers, as the Islander's deal with Rangers to share the New York area allows them to play their home games anywhere on Long Island, including two borough towns on the island, Brooklyn, and Queens. While the Barclays Center is conceived as a multipurpose arena that can accommodate the Nets and NHL teams, it is built primarily for basketball. While it can accommodate the NHL-sized stadium, the scoreboard is off-centered above the blue line closer to the southeast end of the arena. Capacity for hockey is 15,795, the second smallest in the league (behind Winnipeg MTS Center). The seating arrangement for hockey is not symmetrical. There are only three rows of permanent seats at the northwest end of the arena, and at least 416 seats will not be sold at all because of poor vision lines. As a result of the lease signing, two KHL games are scheduled to be played in the arena on 20 and 21 January 2013 between Dynamo Moscow and SKA St. Petersburg was moved back to the places of origin of their team. As part of the deal, Barclays Center management took over the business operations of the Islands when the team moved to Brooklyn, although Charles Wang remains the main owner and continues to oversee hockey operations. This arrangement continued after Wang sold control interests in the Islands to Jon Ledecky and Scott D. Malkin.
According to Billboard Magazine, Barclays Center passes Madison Square Garden as a US bestseller for concerts and family events, excluding sporting events. The statistics were based on ticket sales between November 1, 2012 and May 31, 2013. On February 24, 2015, an iron worker was killed when four blocks fell on him as he helped install the green roof of the arena.
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Financing
The arena is officially owned by Brooklyn Arena Local Development Corporation, a public entity. It is leased to a private entity of Brooklyn Events Center, LLC for $ 1.00. Being publicly owned, stadium financing qualifies for tax-exempt bonds, issued in 2009 for a total of $ 510,999,996.50.
Design
Barclays Center is designed by the architects of SHoP Architects company. Ellerbe Becket/AECOM served as the recording project architect.
The initial concept for the area was designed by Frank Gehry, whose design proposes a rooftop garden (open only to the residents of the Atlantic Yard complex) surrounded by an open track and capable of doubling as an ice skating rink in winter with panoramic views of Manhattan's year-round scenery. The tallest tower of the famous architect, called Miss Brooklyn at 620 feet, is also part of this plan. Gehry's plan carries a projected cost of $ 1 billion. Forest City Ratner launched a scaled-down project version in February 2008, reducing the size of Miss Brooklyn 40%, and making it 109 feet shorter. Another redesign that was launched over two months later got rid of Miss Brooklyn completely, and in January 2009, the developers started the "engineering value" of the arena design, cutting its budget even more. In September 2009, the Becket/SHoP proposal with a projected (initially) cost of $ 800 million (eventually revised to $ 1 billion) was inaugurated.
Externally, the arena shapes feature three articulated bands with a glass curtain wall feature covered by "latticework" made up of 12,000 preweathered steel panels engineered and built by ASI Limited/SHoP Construction intended to evoke the Brooklyn brownstones image. Osculus measuring 117 x 56 feet (36 by 17 m) stretches over an area of ​​5,660 square feet (526 m 2 ) from the plaza outside the main arena entrance with an irregularly shaped display. the screen rotates the inner face of the oculus. The location of the arena floor below the classroom allows people in the square to see the scoreboard.
In the bowl of the arena, there are two sports lighting systems: one for the Nets and one for the other. Lighting Nets create a theater-like effect in which the court appears like a stage while the rest of the arena becomes dark.
Unlike most other urban places in the US, Barclays Center has no special parking space; However, it is easily accessible by subway, bus, and train. To accommodate entry into the facility, the entrance arena of 38,885 square feet (3,613 m 2 ) has a $ 76 million transit transit center that serves as the focal point of the plaza. The transit structure is connected to the renovated Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center subway station, planned by New York City firm Stantec.
The initial plan promised indoor space for the bike but the plan was canceled before the opening of the arena with an outdoor shelf for 400 bicycles, which was eventually taken. The Empire State Development company also promises a place for 550 cars, in addition to the arena.
Due to restricted sites, there are only two entrance trucks and buses into the building. They consist of two sides with 80,000 pounds (36,000 kg) capacity lifts that drive down 35 feet (11 m) below the class road to the loading dock area. Vehicles rolled into enormous turntables that turned them into opposite positions with one of four loading docks arranged around the turntable.
Artwork
This building features a mural of Brooklyn Diary by the painter JosÃÆ'Â Â © ParlÃÆ'¡¡, which measures 10 feet wide and 70 feet tall. According to ParlÃÆ'¡, the painting was all about language; The painting contains words and phrases like "immigration," "Brooklyn is" and "Big Daddy Kane." This work is commissioned in 2012 and takes six months to complete.
Name rights
On January 18, 2007, it was announced that the arena would be called Barclays Center, after the London-based Barclays banking group. It was reported that banking and financial services companies agreed to pay the $ 400 million team over the next 20 years for their home naming rights in Brooklyn, surpassing the previous record for naming the rights to the indoor indoor arena set by Royal Philips Electronics. in 1999, for $ 185 million over 20 years for Philips Arena in Atlanta. However, the rights are renegotiated by the end of 2009, and the amount is more than $ 200 million. Barclays does not have a retail bank in the US or does not have its own ATM in the arena.
Accessibility and transportation
The Barclays Center is located next to the Atlantic Terminal, which serves the Atlantic Branch of Long Island Rail Road. Barclays Center is also accessible via New York City Subway via 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , B , D , N , Q , R and W train, which stops at Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center.
The Regional Bus Service Operation MTA is provided by bus B37, B41, B45, B63, B65, B67 and B103.
Important event
Basketball
The first NBA basketball game to be played in the new arena is a NBA preseason game between the Nets and Washington Wizards on October 15, 2012.
The NBA's first regular-season match at Barclays Center took place on November 3, 2012, when the Nets defeated the Toronto Raptors 107-100 visited. The season-opening tournament originally scheduled to take place on November 1 against the current cross-town rivals New York Knicks, in what is planned to be a historic event; However, the game was canceled by NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg due to mass transportation outages and police shortages available due to Hurricane Sandy.
The NBA Draft hosting venue begins with the NBA draft 2013 on June 27, 2013 and will continue to host the NBA 2017 Plan. Additionally, they also host the 2015 NBA All-Star Weekend celebration on 13-14 February 2015.
The Barclays Center is also home to the Long Island Nets of the NBA Development League during the 2016-17 season while the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum is being renovated for the 2017-18 season.
College basket
Since its opening, the center has organized a number of college basketball events. Kentucky and Maryland signed a multi-year agreement to play games in the arena after competing head-to-head in 2012. The arena hosts three early-season basketball tournaments: Barclays Center Classic, Coach vs. Classical Cancer, and Classical Legend.
The 10 Atlantic Conference announced that the Barclays Center will be the new home of the men's basketball tournament conference in 2013. The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced that the 2017 and 2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament will be held at the Barclays Center. This is a break from the tradition of the host at the "unofficial" home of the tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina where it is usually held. As part of a three-way agreement with Barclays and ACC, the A-10 will return the men's basketball to the Barclays Center in 2019, 2020 and 2021.
In 2016, Barclays Center hosted the first Division I NCAA Basketball Tournament game for the first time. Key moments on the Brooklyn site included a tip-in on buzzer by Adam Woodbury to lift Iowa Hawkeyes past the Temple in overtime, and the 14th seeded victory of Stephen F. Austin over West Virginia.
Hockey
The Islanders played their first NHL hockey match at Barclays Center in a preseason game on 21 September 2013, losing to the New Jersey Devils 3-0 in front of a crowd of 14,689. The first goal in the history of the arena was printed by Jacob Josefson of the New Jersey Devils. A match of the Islanders is scheduled for pre-season but was canceled due to NHL 2012 -3 lockout. The Islanders and Devils play again on September 26, 2014. This time, the Islands beat New Jersey 3-2 in a penalty shootout. The first goal in the history of the Brooklyn Islands was to score in the first period on a power game (and a delayed penalty call) by defenseman Ryan Pulock.
The first regular-season match was played on October 9, 2015 against the 2015 Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks, who won the game 3-2 in extra time. This is the sixth NHL match at Barclays Center, after five total pre-season games (three in 2015), and one rookie spirit tournament. The first regular NHL season goal scored at Barclays Center was a goal disregarded by Artem Anisimov for the Blackhawks in the first period, while John Tavares scored in the second period and was the first to do so.
The first Stanley Cup Playoffs match at Barclays Center was held on April 17, 2016, when the Islands beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 in a game of three of the first round series between the two teams. Seven nights later, the arena hosted 6 games from the series, which turned out to be the longest home competition in the history of the Islands. In the match, the Islanders left behind 1-0 when Tavares scored a tying match with the remaining 53.2 seconds in regulation; he will score goalscorer in twice the extra time to give home the hosts their first playoff victory since 1993.
Boxing, mixed martial arts and pro wrestling
Several boxing matches have taken place in the arena, including Danny Garcia vs. Zab Judah, and Ruslan Provodnikov vs. Chris Algieri. The venue hosted UFC 208 on February 11, 2017 and hosted UFC 223 on April 7, 2018.
The Arena also hosts many WWE wrestling events, including PPV episodes of Tables, Stairs and Chairs and some episodes of WWE Raw (including 25-year episodes in January 2018). In August 2015, Barclays Center hosted the SummerSlam (which was originally announced for the Izod Center before closing), along with NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn the night before and post-SummerSlam Raw the following day, respectively. On September 28, 2015, WWE announced that SummerSlam will continue to be hosted by the Barclays Center in 2016 and 2017, adding the post-SummerSlam SmackDown Live broadcast to the event.
Music
In addition to numerous concerts from various musical acts, the center hosted the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards on August 25, 2013, bringing the show to the New York City area other than Manhattan for the first time.
Esports
In May 2018, Blizzard Entertainment announced the Grand Final for the inaugural League Overwatch season to be held at the Barclays Center. The event will be held on 27-28 July 2018.
Issue
Legal action
During its construction, the center was the source of a number of controversies involving local residents, the use of leading domains, potential environmental impacts, lack of sustainable public financing, and major economic setbacks that delayed the project. The New York High Court ruled in favor of Ratner on May 16, 2009. Opponents appealed the court's decision, and a hearing for appeal was scheduled for October 14, 2009, with a decision not to be issued sooner than November 25.
On November 24, 2009, the New York Appellate Court ruled in favor of the state using a leading domain for the project. Vice President of Empire State Development Corporation Warner Johnston indicated that the agency is committed to seeing the project finish and says "now we can move forward with development."
Barclays Center has also been accused of treating the luxury box holders African-American holders. Three employees from Ludwig's Pharmacy at Prospect Heights claim in the lawsuit, filed in October 2013, that they were selected for poor treatment in the arena just because they were black. They demand $ 4 million.
Employment issues
A group of 120 part-time construction workers working to change the arena from the concert hall to the sports venue failed to try to switch unions in February 2013. The pay for part-time employment was arranged differently from the same job at Madison Square Garden, and the workers complained that they could not find livelihood on the job one day a month at $ 14/hour, and is prohibited from collecting unemployment.
Seat view is blocked
Since the islanders moved to the Barclays Center, there were many complaints about the seats being blocked, due to the fact that the arena was not built with ice hockey in mind. Business Insider has mentioned sections 201 to 204 and 228 through 231, "the worst seats in American professional sports". In an interview with Sports Illustrated , Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark acknowledged the issue, but insisted there was nothing to be done: "Nothing we really do from the standpoint of capital raising. games on your mobile device. The game is on the scoreboard. "
Ice quality
Since the island moved to the Barclays Center, there have been numerous complaints about ice quality during hockey games. The stadium uses non-steel PVC pipes beneath the ice surface, making it more difficult to maintain NHL standards and temperatures.
References
External links
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