OPINION: Training facility will help Sunset Park as well as Nets
The Brooklyn Nets’ plans for a new training facility in Sunset Park’s Industry City will not only help the Nets become an all-Brooklyn team, it will help raise the profile of Sunset Park, too.
As Eagle sports editor John Torenli recently reported, starting in 2015-16, the Nets will abandon their current practice digs in East Rutherford, N.J., and move into a new 70,000-square-foot facility at 148 39th Street. The Nets will partner with the Hospital for Special Surgery, which will give its name to the center.
Torenli quoted Nets general manager Billy King as saying, “This is the only pro basketball team that will play and practice in New York City, alluding to the fact that the Knicks practice in suburban Tarrytown, N.Y. The team also claims the new center will create at least 60 full-time jobs.