Hopes, fears loom as New Jersey Nets face move to Brooklyn
"Possibility of developer Bruce Ratner purchasing NBA franchise draws mixed reactions in New York"
The Associated Press does a color piece on the stadium plan: "Ask any Brooklynite over 50 when the borough’s golden age ended and the answer rarely varies: ‘When Dem Bums fled Ebbets Field.’"" …
"…The possibility that developer Bruce Ratner will buy the New Jersey Nets and move them to a new arena near downtown Brooklyn is a chest-swelling shot of civic pride for a borough that’s long lived in the shadow of Manhattan, many Brooklynites said."
"’God is good,’ said Michael Shapiro, author of ‘The Last Good Season: Brooklyn, the Dodgers, and Their Final Pennant Race Together.’ …"But for many … Brooklyn Nets has an ugly sound … There are dozens of artists’ lofts in old industrial buildings on the wind-swept stretch of railyards and multilane thoroughfares where Ratner wants to build a 19,000-seat arena …" Read the entire article.