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Barclays Center

Barclays Center
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The western entrance of Barclays Center, taken from the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Flatbush Avenue.
Address 620 Atlantic Avenue
Location Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates 40°40′57.58″N 73°58′30.81″W / 40.6826611°N 73.9752250°W / 40.6826611; -73.9752250
Public transit
Owner Brooklyn Arena Local Development Corporation, (owned in essence by Brooklyn Events Center, LLC
(joint venture between Forest City Enterprises and ONEXIM Sports & Entertainment))
Operator AEG Live
Capacity Basketball: 17,732
Ice hockey: 15,795
Concert: 19,000
Construction
Broke ground March 11, 2010
Opened September 21, 2012 (NBA)
September 21, 2015 (NHL)
Construction cost US$1 billion
Architect AECOM (Ellerbe Becket)
SHoP Architects
Project manager Forest City Ratner Companies
Structural engineer Thornton Tomasetti
Services engineer WSP Flack + Kurtz
General contractor Hunt Construction Group
Tenants
Brooklyn Nets (NBA) (2012–present)
LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds (NCAA) (2012–present; Alternate)
New York Islanders (NHL) (2015–present)
Long Island Nets (NBA D-League) (2016–present)
Website
www.barclayscenter.com

Barclays Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It sits partially on a platform over the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)-owned Vanderbilt Yards rail yard at Atlantic Avenue for the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). It is part of a $4.9 billion future business and residential complex now known as Pacific Park.

The site is located adjacent to the renamed Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center subway station on the 2 3 4 5 B Q D N R routes, as well as directly above the LIRR's Atlantic Terminal. The arena is currently home to the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association and the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League. The arena also hosts concerts, conventions and other sporting and entertainment events. The arena competes with other facilities in the New York metropolitan area, including Madison Square Garden in Manhattan and Prudential Center in Newark. The arena and the Brooklyn Nets are owned by Mikhail Prokhorov's American holdings.


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