Ribbon-cutting for long-awaited Barclays Center
From the Nets to The Who
After years of planning, struggles in and out of court, hearings, and anticipation from fans, Barclays Center, home of the basketball Nets as well as major concerts and events, will host an official ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday morning.
Presiding over the ceremony will be Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Borough President Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Nets owner and Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, Forest City Ratner CEO Bruce Ratner and others.
The facility, designed by Becket-SHoP Architects, will open on Sept. 28 with the first of eight sold-out concerts by rapper Jay-Z, who is a minority owner of the Nets.