Barclays Center: Brooklyn’s Rusty Turtle and the Global Circus Under Its Shell
The Barclays Center, that rust-colored coliseum squatting at the crossroads of Flatbush and Atlantic, has never really been about basketball. From the moment its weathered-steel carapace rose above Brooklyn’s brownstone quilt, it was clear the structure had higher ambitions than merely housing a mediocre NBA franchise. Today, as ticket prices outpace inflation in most emerging-market…
