Nets’ Practice Facility Search Continues
Brooklyn Nets officials were scheduled to walk through a site in Red Hook owned by real estate developer Joseph Sitt on Wednesday as they press their search for a site for a new practice facility, a real estate source said.
Despite its ballyhooed move to Brooklyn, where its first regular-season game will be played Nov. 1, the team will continue to practice at the Nets Center in East Rutherford, N.J., during the upcoming season.
The search for a Brooklyn location has been going on for over a year now. Last year, the Nets weighed three sites in Brooklyn, according to another real estate source. But team officials decided not to pursue those opportunities because a number of key players reside in New Jersey and wanted to practice closer to home, the source said. The Nets also have a lease on the facility in East Rutherford that runs through June 2015.
“Yes, we are looking for a practice facility location, but we will not comment on any specific site,” a Nets spokesman said. “We are evaluating all options and we will do what’s best for the team.”
via Daniel Massey, Amanda Fung, Shane Dixon of Crain’s New York Business
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