Barclays Watch: Deep Dig
The ink’s barely dry on the Goldstein buyout agreement but the foundation dig is already well underway at the site of the future Barclays Center. The question is now whether this deep hole they’re digging is a metaphor for the entire project. (You sure could fit a lot of taxpayer dollars in a pit that…

The ink’s barely dry on the Goldstein buyout agreement but the foundation dig is already well underway at the site of the future Barclays Center. The question is now whether this deep hole they’re digging is a metaphor for the entire project. (You sure could fit a lot of taxpayer dollars in a pit that size!) As you may recall, the official groundbreaking was back on March 11th. We’ll be documenting this one closely.
“like the NYT building, for example? Universally lauded?”
So the Rat only builds s**t in Brooklyn? How thoughtful of him.
DG’s building is positioned at about center court of the Arena
Pigeon, you mean like the NYT building, for example? Universally lauded?
the footprint for actual arena is not where DG’s building stands, is it?
Might his haste contribute to his poor results?
already over 150 concerts booked for venue, ForestCity builds fast, watch
Ratner don’t eff around when it comes to building sh*t.
I’m glad progress is being made.
I hope this building doesn’t look and function as poorly as the shopping malls Ratner built next door.
Supposedly they are going to be moving pretty quickly because the Arena will have to be completed by July 2012 in order for the NBA to approve it for use in the 2012-2013 Season (NBA requires a site inspection 4 months prior to the start of the season for new venues)