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The Nets Are Brooklyn Bound
Week of January 25, 2004

Brooklyn president Marty Markowitz and 'friend' "Play ball" is coming back to Brooklyn ... but not in the form of the Dodgers at Ebbets Field.

Instead, it's the New Jersey Nets being sold for $300 million and moving to an arena to be built.

We talked to Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz about the move ... which still must be approved by the others teams of the NBA:

Click for audio Borough president Marty Markowitz shares his enthusiasm with Ace.

The proposed Atlantic Arena would be built at the intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues in the heart of the borough's old downtown section ... the same place where the Dodgers proposed building a stadium 46 years ago.

Obviously, it never happened. The Dodgers moved to LA instead.

Artists' rendering of Brooklyn's proposed stadium.
Artists' rendering of Brooklyn's proposed stadium.




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