by Ken Walker
Booker attempts to woo new-look Nets
June 30, 2008 in Sports by Ken Walker
“Booker attempts to woo new-look Nets”:http://ny.metro.us/metro/sports/article/Booker_attempts_to_woo_newlook_Nets/12802.html
After some “initial jousting”:http://dailynewarker.com/2008/05/01/star-ledger-booker-to-brooklyn-lets-settle-nets-matter-on-basketball-court/, it appears that Mayor Booker is getting more aggressive about keeping the New Jersey Nets in the garden state — and bringing some more nightlife to downtown Newark.
“I’m going to work very hard to make it happen,” Booker says. If the deal were to go through, the team would play at the Prudential Center, the newly built Devils’ home arena. Both teams played at the Izod Center, the former Continental Arena, in East Rutherford, N.J., before the Devils moved to the new facility in Newark last season.
“I don’t think there’s going to be a fight,” Mr. Booker said. “I think it’s going to be settled in an amicable way.”
He sees the Nets as a centerpiece to the continued revitalization of the city.
“The Nets were made for Newark,” he said. “It’s the comeback city. And I think the Nets will be the comeback team in the NBA, and they should do it here.”
We would “love to see”:http://dailynewarker.com/2008/05/06/theories-abound-on-the-newark-nets/ the Nets play in downtown Newark. It seems that it would be win-win for just about everyone. Except for maybe Ratner’s pride.
I think this would be the greatest thing for newark and the nets.