Brooklyn Arena

Nets0416 said:

I need help. I can't come to terms that the Nets are really moving to Brooklyn. :starwars:

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it wont happen this decade, around 2010-2011, so i wouldnt worry too much about it now.

Nets0416 said:

I need help. I can't come to terms that the Nets are really moving to Brooklyn. :starwars:

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Don't worry about it right now.

They will be there in 2010 at the earliest, and they might never move there.

(In that event, I hope you have a little coin stashed away so you can move them to Newark!)

If the move doesn't go throught, it's very possible that he might sell the team to an out of town owner.

That out of town owner may just move the team farther than Brooklyn.

Lets just hope we dont see a firesale if the move falls through..

i rather have them play in newark with the devils.

Net2 said:

If the move doesn't go throught, it's very possible that he might sell the team to an out of town owner.

That out of town owner may just move the team farther than Brooklyn.

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thats what im affraid about. i dont mind the move to brooklyn because 1-its still close 2-its better for the franchise and our team. say the brooklyn move doesnt happen and someone buys the nets. maybe they will move us to OKcity if the hornets stay in NO or maybe even to LV or somewhere out west. that would be the worst thing that could happen. the only options i want to hear about is the move to brooklyn or going to newark with the devs. i dont like it located in newark, but it keeps them in jersey and gets them in a new arena so really cant complain.

I think Newark would be perfect because they stay in Jersey and it woulndt too far fetched since they are building the Devil's arena either way. Shouldnt be too hard to get involved with that..

If they do stay in NJ my bet is they would stay at CAA. Where they would renovate the arena.

Net2 said:

If they do stay in NJ my bet is they would stay at CAA. Where they would renovate the arena.

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Thats a good point, with Xanadu and the new Giants stadium planned, you would think the Meadowlands would become a very popular area. It would probably be beneficial to renovate CAA or rebuild in the area. With all the incoming business, why leave?

Can't really offer any help, but welcome to BBB.net; sure you'll love it here!

-Petey

I don't like the fact that now the Nets are good and somebody wants to move them. ~_~ :banana:

Net2 said:

If they do stay in NJ my bet is they would stay at CAA. Where they would renovate the arena.

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god i hate CAA.

if as in renovate you mean BURN IT TO THE GROUND, than i agree. The Nets deserve a better arena.

I think the corner has been turned on Brooklyn. The New York Times piece today was a story that long deserved telling. The Times noted that Ratner has paid top dollar to residents and businesses and that there are few people who are holdouts. The number of people living in condos who haven't sold to Ratner is a number that can be counted on less than one hand and the number of people living in apartment buildings owned by Ratner is less than 50. It's hardly a tale of some greedhead forcing hundreds of people out into the cold.

And Ratner keeps saying in official as well as non-official disclosures that he expects the Nets to be in their new arena in 2009-10.

Net2 said:

If they do stay in NJ my bet is they would stay at CAA. Where they would renovate the arena.

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That would never happen. The NFL is an entirely different entity where all the games are sold out virtually everywhere even with the escalated ticket costs. The NBA has a much lighter fan base and without public transportation the Nets would remain as one of the worst teams in terms of ticket sales in the league regardless of how nice the new stadium would be. Xanadu is a completely different entity, too. It's tailored towards people who won't care about the drive. The same can't be said about the NBA.

urwhatueati8god said:

The NBA has a much lighter fan base and without public transportation the Nets would remain as one of the worst teams in terms of ticket sales in the league regardless of how nice the new stadium would be.

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really? we don't seem to be doing horrible in ticket sales right now, and we're in the same arena.

urwhatueati8god said:

That would never happen. The NFL is an entirely different entity where all the games are sold out virtually everywhere even with the escalated ticket costs. The NBA has a much lighter fan base and without public transportation the Nets would remain as one of the worst teams in terms of ticket sales in the league regardless of how nice the new stadium would be. Xanadu is a completely different entity, too. It's tailored towards people who won't care about the drive. The same can't be said about the NBA.

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Less NBA than NHL fans?

-Petey

Petey said:

Less NBA than NHL fans?

-Petey

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Probably not less but different demographics. Hockey is more a suburbia(sp?) and small town sport where most people cannot depend on public transportation. Where as Basketball major support comes from mostly a young urban fan base who mostly relies on public transportation.

urwhatueati8god said:

That would never happen. The NFL is an entirely different entity where all the games are sold out virtually everywhere even with the escalated ticket costs. The NBA has a much lighter fan base and without public transportation the Nets would remain as one of the worst teams in terms of ticket sales in the league regardless of how nice the new stadium would be. Xanadu is a completely different entity, too. It's tailored towards people who won't care about the drive. The same can't be said about the NBA.

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The Nets are currently ranked 18th in the NBA in average attendance. That's right in the middle, not one of the worst. This season, the average attendance per game for the Nets is 16,784 people. Compared to last year, which was 14,913 at this point of the season, that's around an 11% increase.