Jen Chung reports in the Gothamist: "The billion dollar Brooklyn dreams of developer Bruce Ratner were unveiled yesterday ,
with the centerpiece being the Frank Gehry designed arena. Brooklyn
Borough President Marty Markowitz said, ‘Forget the Dodgers –
Brooklyn’s future is the Nets … We are on the threshold of
restoring Brooklyn to its rightful place on the national sports stage…’"
"The entire development plan … $2.5 million, with investors such as
Ratner and Jay-Z…" Read the entire article.
“rightful place on the national sports stage”?
Y’know, I’m all for a politician who seeks to improve lives in the overlooked little ways like weight loss, but the national sports stage is not something I particularly aspire to. Marty’s better stage is introducing the acts in the summer concert series out on Coney Island (I’d swear he did a 40-minute monolog for Todd Rundgren’s Beatles cover band four years ago.)
Now, I’m actually pro-development, but it’s sad that a sports franchise would be seen as the anchor behind it. What happens in ten years?