Barclays Center

620 Atlantic Avenue | Park Slope | built 2011

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  1. 2007

    January 18

    Barclays agrees to pay a record sum to put its name on the Brooklyn arena

    The arena's name was made public on January 18, 2007: Barclays Center, with the bank paying $400 million over 20 years. That was a record price for naming rights. The bank has no retail branches in the United States, and two years later the deal was renegotiated down to $200 million as the economy slumped.

    “Barclays agreed to pay $400 million over the next 20 years for the naming rights, a record high price for naming rights.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 2009

    September

    SHoP Architects and Ellerbe Becket's steel-latticed design replaces Frank Gehry's early plan

    Frank Gehry's early concepts for the arena included a rooftop park and a 620-foot tower called Miss Brooklyn, but the developer scaled the plans back, scrapped the tower and kept trimming the budget. In September 2009 a proposal from Ellerbe Becket and SHoP was unveiled. The finished arena is wrapped in a lattice of 12,000 preweathered steel panels meant to evoke Brooklyn's brownstones.

    “Externally, the arena's shape features three articulated bands, with a glass curtain wall covered by a "latticework" composed of 12,000 preweathered steel panels…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 2010

    March 11

    Ground is broken for Barclays Center after courts uphold the land seizures

    Developer Bruce Ratner's arena plan had been tied up in lawsuits over eminent domain. A state appellate court ruled in his favor in May 2009, and on March 1, 2010 a Brooklyn judge struck down a challenge from property owners. Groundbreaking followed on March 11, 2010, and the first piece of steel went up on November 23 of that year.

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 2012

    September 28

    A sold-out Jay-Z concert is the first event at Barclays Center

    The arena opened to the public on September 21, 2012, with about 200 protesters on hand. Its first event was a sold-out concert by Jay-Z on September 28, 2012. The arena brought big-league sports back to the borough for the first time since the Dodgers left for Los Angeles in 1957.

    Source: Wikipedia

  5. 2012

    November 3

    The Nets win the first regular-season NBA game in Brooklyn after Hurricane Sandy cancels the opener

    The Nets beat the visiting Toronto Raptors 107-100 on November 3, 2012, in the arena's first regular-season NBA game. The planned opener, against the Knicks on November 1, had been called off by Mayor Michael Bloomberg because of transit outages and a shortage of police in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

    “…the Nets beat the visiting Toronto Raptors 107–100. The originally scheduled season opener home game was supposed to take place on November 1…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  6. 2016

    Tavares scores in double overtime to win the Islanders' first playoff series win since 1993

    In game six of the 2016 first-round series against the Florida Panthers, the Islanders trailed 1-0 until John Tavares tied it with 53.2 seconds left in regulation. He then scored the series-winning goal in double overtime, in what became the longest home game in Islanders history. It was the team's first playoff series win since 1993.

    Source: Wikipedia

  7. 2024

    The New York Liberty win their first WNBA title at Barclays Center

    Three games of the 2024 WNBA Finals were played at Barclays Center. In Game 5 the Liberty beat the Minnesota Lynx 67-62 at home, taking the franchise's first WNBA championship on the Brooklyn floor. The team had moved its home games to the arena in 2020.

    “…the Liberty won its first WNBA championship at home following a 67–62 win in Game 5 against the Minnesota Lynx.”

    Source: Wikipedia

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