New Jersey Nets

The New Jersey Nets are a National Basketball Association team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Planned Relocation to Brooklyn

In 2004, YankeeNets sold the franchise to real estate developer Bruce Ratner.

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2004 - Bruce Ratner

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In 2005 the Nets announced plans to to move the team back to New York, this time locating the team in Atlantic Yards section of downtown Brooklyn.

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2005 - New York - Brooklyn

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The Brooklyn Nets Arena is the center of a extensive redevelopment project in Atlantic Yards being built by Ratner's real estate development company. Ironically, the site of the arena is the same site that Walter O'Malley wanted to use for a new stadium for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the early 1950's. The plan was rejected and resulted in the team's relocation to Los Angeles in 1957. The Nets would be the first major professional sports team to play their games in Brooklyn since the departure of the Dodgers.

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Brooklyn Nets Arena - Walter O'Malley - Brooklyn Dodgers - 1950's - Los Angeles - 1957

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The arena is in the final planning stages and if apporoved, the Nets would move across the Hudson River for the 2008-2009 season.

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Hudson River - 2008 - 2009

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