Cheaper Nets Arena Design Unveiled As Brooklyn Move Reaches Critical Moment

by Tom Ziller

Filed under: Nets

Ultra-famous architect Frank Gehry couldn't get his version of Brooklyn's future NBA arena built due to an incredible pricetag, but Bruce Ratner didn't give up. He just got cheaper. The result -- a new, more modest design for the planned Barclays Center -- is what you see above. (See more at Curbed.)

Artist renderings always spread eyes wide, but there's a particularly dark backdrop here: within the next few months, courts will decide whether Barclays can be built, and financiers will decide whether to fund the project. All the while, the Nets may be losing $30 million a year, with every season in East Rutherford sucking the life out of the franchise's ledger.

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