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Barclays Center

A selfie taken courtside shows two smiling women seated among a packed arena crowd, with spectators closely lined in rows behind them during a live game.

Why Sports Venues Are Betting Big on Fine Art

This fall, Sarah Sze's 'Wave' will be installed in the Barclays Center atrium, followed by large-scale paintings by Rashid Johnson and Mark Bradford.
By Daniel Grant

Exclusive: Despite Brooklyn Nets’ Promise, Arena Workers Say They Aren’t Getting Paid

Joseph Tsai, the owner of the Nets, promised to pay arena workers through May. But sources say that at least 15 workers have not been compensated.
By Andy Hirschfeld

Are Jack Antonoff and Lorde Both Secretly Seeing Other People?

Lorde and Jack Antonoff looked awfully cozy onstage during her Brooklyn concert, despite rumors they're both seeing other people.
By Margaret Abrams

‘Anybody Can Be Pussy Riot’

By Matthew Kassel
Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, sitting in a glass-walled cage in a court in Moscow. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/GettyImages)

Pussy Riot Is Brooklyn Bound

By Matthew Kassel

Jay-Z Looks Forward

By Charlie Fisher
January's GQ Cover

<em>GQ</em> Gets Into The Brooklyn Beard Biz

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke

Very à la Mod: Atlantic Yards Places First Modular Units for B2 Tower

By Chris Pomorski
The arena is there, but the housing towers remain ghosts.

Forest City Ratner Sues the City for More Atlantic Yards Tax Breaks

By Kim Velsey
The Islanders took on the Devils in a pre-season game at the Barclays Center on Saturday. (Photo by Getty Images)

A New Stadium, but Still the Same Old Team

By Joe Kozlowski

VMA Writer Tasked With Making Celebrities Funny Has Hardest Job Ever

By Natalie Shure
(Twitter)

Barclays Center Rolls Out Completely Necessary Bike Valet Service

By Rebecca Hiscott
The Barclays Center. (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

A Drop in the Bucket: Barclays Center Fined $3,200 for Excessively Loud Concert

By Nicola Pring
Would a library in a private developer's high rise be the same? Brownstoner

Is the Public Getting Swindled By the City’s Short-Sighted School and Library Sell-Offs?

By Kim Velsey
By Alex Fine.

Hoops Hoops Hooray! Knicks, Nets Make New York a Basketball Town Again

By Patrick Clark
The profits.

Barclays Center Sells almost $50 Million in Tickets in Six Months, Decides Devaluation is a Mistake

By Kit Dillon
The Barclays Center, empty another night. (Forest City Ratner)

Nets Dunked by Sandy: Mayor Bloomberg Cancels Thursday’s Nets-Knicks Opener at Barclays Center

By Matt Chaban
Those towers? Still on except for one. (SHoP Architects)

Islanders Move to Brooklyn Will Not Make It Any Easier for You to Move to Atlantic Yards

By Matt Chaban
Islanders Owner Charles Wang speaking in Barclay's Center.

The Islanders Are Coming to Brooklyn and Bloomberg Is (Sort of) Rooting for Them

By Colin Campbell
Mr. Dolan, tear down this arena. (MAS/Twitter)

Michael Kimmelman Calls Madison Square Garden ‘the Worst Arena in Town’ [Update: Paul Goldberger Calls It ‘Worst Arena in the World’]

By Matt Chaban
When you're smilin', the whole borough smiles with you. (James Hamilton)

Brooklyn Brewery Founder Steve Hindy Still Loves the Barclays Center After All These Years

By Matt Chaban
As James Murphy once sang, "I was there." (Matt Chaban)

Jigga Scam: No Brooklyn Booze But Plenty of Time to Run Up the Tab at the Barclays Center

By Matt Chaban

Catch Jay-Z’s Final Barclays Center Show on YouTube, Because of the Future

By Kelly Faircloth
Photo illo: Ed Johnson

How to Steal a City: Bruce Ratner and Co. Just Rolled Brooklyn

By Kevin Baker
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