It’s been nine months since the Nets last played a regular season game at Barclays Center and a lot has changed. So that if you haven’t been back to the corner of Flatbush and Atlantic since then, you’re likely to be surprised at what’s happened since COVID-19 emptied the arena.
So, I went to Barclays Center before the Nets/Celtics to check everything out.
First things first. That tower on the left is 51 stories tall. It’s topped out and will be filled out over the next year. What you can’t see from this angle is another new tower a block away down Flatbush Avenue, that one 26 stories high.