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Originally Posted by StatenIslander237
Heard tonight on KTU...a promo for Lady Gaga's BTW Ball coming in 2013 "...Gaga will be playing two shows right here in NY at the Garden and Barclays. To win tickets..." I'll be damned if I didn't get chills hearing that. It's already becoming a part of the city, both in form and idea. Wonderful  |
Yeah, the Barclays Center is also a gift for people who want to perform in New York...
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/arts/m...he-gardens-glow.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Barclays Arena Rivals the Garden’s Glow
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.
September 27, 2012
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The arena’s opening is being closely watched in the music business, and perhaps nowhere more so than in Manhattan, at Madison Square Garden, which for generations has been the only game in town for arena acts and has earned a reputation as a career-defining concert hall. Though Garden officials and Barclays executives are both careful to say that the arenas are not in direct competition for big-name bands, concert promoters and booking agents say such competition is inevitable, and Barclays has already positioned itself as an alternative, booking several marquee performers who have played the Garden in the past. “Barclays is going to say, ‘Hey, if you want to play New York City, you have two choices,’ ” said Jim Glancy, a partner in the Bowery Presents, a New York concert promoter.
With three professional sports teams and St. John’s basketball, the Garden’s calendar has long been extremely crowded, making it a headache for tour planners seeking an open night in the city; its calendar has been even tighter over the last two years as it has undergone renovations. And while the Garden is considered a prestigious place to play — a high-profile arena in the media capital of North America — it is not always a lucrative one. The costs of doing a show there are high and profit margins low, promoters say. What’s more, it is hard to get two nights in a row there, even if the band or performer is capable of selling out two dates.
“I consider it a godsend Barclays arena is there,” said Randy Phillips, the chief executive of AEG Live, one of the largest promoters in the country. “Prior to this we were really kind of held hostage on a tour to the availability of Madison Square Garden.”
Several big acts have added a night in Brooklyn in addition to planned dates at the Garden, among them Neil Young and Crazy Horse, the Who, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Leonard Cohen. Others who have played the Garden in the past are foregoing it altogether and playing Barclays instead, among them Bob Dylan, Green Day, John Legend, Rihanna and Rush. Brett Yormark, the chief executive of the Brooklyn Nets, who will call the arena home, and of Barclays Center, said he did not see it in competition with the Garden. He said there was a demand in New York City for far more arena concerts than the Garden could accommodate. “We knew there was a void, and a new venue in Brooklyn could be supported by a lot of events that weren’t coming here,” he said. “I don’t look at this as cannibalization in any way. I look at it as truly additive to the market.”
Historically the market for concerts has expanded every time a new arena has been built in the region, a testament to the enormous population within commuting distance of Manhattan. The arrival of the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y; the arena now called the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J.; and the Prudential Center in Newark did not damage Madison Square Garden’s profits. But the new arena is the first challenge to the Garden’s dominance, and it underlines a growing rivalry between Brooklyn and Manhattan as cultural centers, not to mention the competition between the Knicks and the Nets. “The big question is: Will Barclays expand the marketplace?” said John Scher, a veteran New York City promoter.
Not surprisingly, Barclays has undercut the Garden’s prices for performers, which are among the highest in the industry. Several promoters said a band stands to earn between $150,000 and $250,000 more for a sold-out show at Barclays than for one at the Garden. For concertgoers that means ticket prices for some shows will be lower at Barclays as well: Neil Young fans can buy a seat for $58 at Barclays, versus $63 at the Garden, according to Ticketmaster. Yet tickets to other big shows — the Who and Justin Bieber for instance — are roughly the same price at both places.
Mr. Phillips, the chief executive of AEG Live, said the lack of competition in the city’s market had turned the Garden into an exorbitantly expensive space many performers are grudgingly compelled to play. “You’re lucky to break even,” he said. “Now we have a building where we can play and actually make money and the press will come. That’s big for us. That’s going to make the Garden more honest.”
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http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/klyn_feast_break_0sLwPOSYCzHnssaLc0cpUO
Eateries in mad dash to Barclays ’hood
By RICH CALDER
September 28, 2012
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It’s not just about Jay-Z and the Nets. The much-hyped opening of the new Barclays Center arena in Brooklyn is opening the floodgates to a slew of new high-end eateries, sports bars, apartment towers and retail shops, brokers, developers and officials told The Post. With rap mogul/Nets co-owner Jay-Z christening the venue with an eight-night concert run starting tonight, Danny Meyer burgers-and-fries joint Shake Shack plans to soon move into prime Flatbush Avenue real estate across the street from the 18,200-seat arena, sources said. Landlord Michael Pintchik refused to comment on the deal but confirmed two other restaurants were coming to nearby Flatbush Avenue property he owns by Dean Street that should also have foodies salivating.
The owners of super-trendy Delicatessen and Macbar in Manhattan are opening an offshoot eatery called Elbow Room a block away on Flatbush Avenue that also specializes in gourmet mac-and-cheese dishes. Moving in next door will be a Texas-style barbecue joint “featuring a top pitmaster from Austin, Texas,” Pintchik said. More than a dozen other new eateries are also in the works within three square blocks of the arena. On tap is a high-end Scottish whisky bar called Duke of Montrose that is coming to Fifth Avenue and Bergen Street and will be run by the same owner of the popular Upper East Side pub Caledonia. “Clearly, this is an incredible opportunity for local and national businesses to explode along Flatbush and Atlantic avenues,” said Carlo Scissura, president and CEO of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. “The area around Barclays Center can certainly grow into New York’s next exciting and innovative business community.”
Meanwhile, many chains — including TGI Friday’s, Dave & Buster’s, Starbucks and Panera Bread — have been shopping for coveted space by the arena, sources said. Hooter’s is also among the suitors, but local landlords have so far dubbed the “breastaurant” chain a bad mix in the stroller-friendly Park Slope and Prospect Heights neighborhoods that converge at the arena.
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