Much has been made of Barclays Center and its entrance plaza emerging as Brooklyn’s “accidental town square,” a place where residents of the borough and beyond can gather to protest police killings of Black citizens or alleviate hunger at “pop-up” pantries or, as in recent weeks, vote.
In an interview with Brian Lewis published Tuesday — Election Day, John Abbamondi, CEO of the Nets and Barclays, says that the arena, team and ownership not only welcome the role, but consider it an honor.
“The fact the citizens of our borough felt this was the appropriate place to gather … we’re honored to be associated with that,” said Abbamondi, noting as well that Nets players activism played a big part.