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Entries tagged "Bruce Ratner"Nets get a new owner after allIt seems the rumors of Russian nickel mogul Mikhail Prokhorov's interests in the New Jersey Nets basketball team turned out to be true after all. N.J. Nets to get Russian Cuban?Are the New Jersey Nets about to get the Russian equivalent of Mark Cuban, the outspoken owner of the Dallas Mavericks? Ratner to be featured in filmBruce Ratner's struggle with a Brooklyn neighborhood will be featured in the documentary 'The Battle of Brooklyn.' Ratner gets no sleep til BrooklynNets owner Bruce Ratner reportedly is looking to sell all or part of his share of the N.J. Nets but if he's ever able to build a stadium in Brooklyn that transaction may garner a better deal down the road. Barclays to stuff Nets deal?With six months left to raise money to build a Brooklyn arena, NBA franchise the Nets could lose a $400 million sponsorship from British bank Barclays. NBA's Knicks top Forbes ranking while Nets sit near the basementSometimes it's not how you play the game on the court, but where you play the game that impacts the value of your National Basketball Association franchise -- at least that's the conclusion one could logically make from Forbes' annual ranking of NBA franchises. Take, for example, the New Jersey Nets and New York Knicks, two teams that were each acquired for $300 million. Despite the Cablevison Systems Corp.-owned Knicks lowly record over the last couple of seasons while playing under the glitzy lights of Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, the team is the highest-valued NBA franchise at $613... The sale of N.J. Nets is no long shotIt's not a good sign when a professional sports team, especially an NBA franchise, markets its tickets to fans with a buy-now-pay-later plan. Yes, times are tough, but that's not the only reason the New Jersey Nets are desperately trying to fill seats. As plans to move to Brooklyn stall, fans in New Jersey are abandoning the team -- it doesn't help that the team last season returned to its losing ways -- prompting interest from bargain shoppers hoping to add a sports franchise to their personal fortunes. ... Newark mayor wants to hoop it up for NBA's NetsNewark Mayor Corey Booker is exploring all avenues to attract the NBA's Nets to his city as their new home. He's reportedly assembling a group of investors led by N.J. Devils owner Jeffrey Vanderbeek to buy the team and move it to Newark rather than its planned home in Brooklyn, N.Y. Now, Booker wants to settle the matter with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz in a friendly game of one-on-one basketball, The Newark Star-Ledger reported Friday.... Devils' owner seeks power play for NBA's NetsDoes the name Newark Nets have a better ring to it than the Brooklyn Nets? The NHL's Devils owner Jeffrey Vanderbeek and Newark Mayor Corey Booker would like to think so. Venderbeek along with Booker are trying to put together an investor group to acquire the NBA franchise from real estate dealmaker Bruce Ratner and move them to Newark's new Prudential Center, according to The Newark Star-Ledger.... Top tagsYou have executed a tag search on Dealscape. On the left,you will find a comprehensive list of stories tagged "Bruce Ratner." Below are the most-popular tags for Dealscape. On the right of the page you will find a search box to dig deeper into our content.
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