Stimulus to Arena Entertainment
Published: December 2012 By Abiodun Giwa
Arena entertainment comes into focus on Tuesday as springboard for basketball’s competitive development in New York, following Nets of Brooklyn and New York Knicks’ draw of their first 2 games. Elated fans say it bodes well for competition. Nets has defeated Knicks in Brooklyn and the Knicks has won the rematch in Manhattan. Two weeks later, Knicks defeats Nets again in Manhattan.
“They are on our division. We see them four times a year. It is a rivalry. It is great for New ]York to have that in Brooklyn and Manhattan,”Carmelo Anthony of New York Knicks has said prior to Knicks' second
victory over Nets.
Despite Knicks second victory over Nets, observers say it loud that the days the Knicks holds sway are gone, and a new era of
competition has begun. They add that without the emergence of the Barclays Center, there wouldn’t have been a break in the monopoly of Knicks as the only basketball team in New York. Fans of both teams say rivalry is good for the
game, bringing the new competition engendered by competition in sports and entertainment as
good development for business in the city and stimulus to Arenaentertainment.
“Madison Square Garden is a huge place where many events are held at the same time, with
so much fun. There was nothing like that in Brooklyn before the Barclays Center. MSG was the
only arena for all, but now some of those events at MSG may go to the Barclays Center, and
MSG may lose revenue because it now has a competitor,” a facility manager in Manhattan who
wants anonymity said. “It is unfortunate that just as new artists don’t start out at MSG, the
same will affect them at the Barclays Center. Both facilities are large, famous and are meant
for popular artists and not start-ups. Unknown artists start out in local galleries and theaters.”
Melissa Osmond, president of Madison Square Garden in a story, Barclays Arena Rivals the
Garden’s Glow in New York Times agrees that to play in the garden is pinnacle of an artist’s
career. She acknowledges the garden’s tight calendar has meant it has few dates to offer artists,
and that Barclays has benefited. “We always respect any competition, but the garden will
always be the Garden. We have been privileged to be at center of New York City for more than
130 years, with 400 annual events, the most of any arena in the country,” she reportedly
said in an email.
In a seeming response to Osmond, people say the Barclays Center has become an alternative
venue for artists, who hitherto have no choice when turn down at the Garden for lack of space.
“Barclays Center is doing what Madison Square Garden has been doing for a long time, to
accomplish what has taken the garden decades to achieve. The Barclays debuted with a bang in
an area the garden is considered as destination either for athletes or entertainers, where to
appear and be considered in the pinnacle of notoriety. Barclays has started like they are achieving
that level, operating almost on the same level like the garden, and seeming to have achieved the
feat. The question is whether Barclays will maintain the service and momentum. A lot will depend
on its sports team and its ability to continue attracting big level entertainers,” Jim Murphy, a former
police officer with vast knowledge of sports and entertainment in New York
City said.
Joe Fasano welcomes the competition between the Garden and Barclays. He says it affects him
being a regular at the garden. “I have always been a garden enthusiast. I love the garden. I haven’t
been at Barclays. But I will attend a show there soon to see the Islanders play. I am a fan of the
Islanders that has just moved to Barclays from the Coliseum just as I am of the garden. Moving to
the Barclays is the best thing that has happened to the Islanders. They didn’t have room in the
garden because the garden already had a hockey team-New York Rangers. Without Barclays, the
Islanders would have remained in the Coliseum with difficulties of inaccessibility for their fans. I will
be at Barclays for the Islanders. But I will also remain a garden’s regular,” he said, verbally
brainstorming on the renovation at the garden.
A visit to the MSG’s website shows that the arena is undergoing a comprehensive transformation.
It promises a top-to bottom renovation for a significantly enhanced experience for customers,
athletes, entertainers, fans, suite holders and partners, and prides itself as the foremost
entertainment spot in the tri-state. Located in the heart of New York City and connected to
Pennsylvania Station, in the thick of a busy business environment.
In contrast, the Barclays Center opened business in Brooklyn, July 12, 2012; a brand new edifice
sitting like a ship anchored at sea, cynosure of all eyes in Downtown Brooklyn, and connected to
Atlantic Train Station in a busy business environment. Most businesses around its location say
they expect the center will positively affect their own operations, basing their expectation on the
MSG’s business environ.
Some observers say that the renovation going in the garden signifies a response to competition.
They say improvement is what happens in a competitive environment to retain customers
from seeking services or products from another source and be relevant for changing clients’ demands.
They say service improvement isn’t part of monopoly, but benefits of competitive market. “In
monopoly, there is no reason to innovate. In competition, you must constantly improve. He that
deserves the customer wins the business,” Town Bergin, a solo Videographer said, smiling.
John Whitten, assistant manager at Jones Lang LaSalle in Manhattan thinks renovation in the
garden isn’t on the spur of competition with Barclays. “Each has own customers. So are teams
playing in either Barclays, or the garden; it doesn’t mean because a supporter watches the Nets that
he won’t watch the Knicks. The garden is much more than sports that Barclays is developing to
achieve, but isn’t there yet.”
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“They are on our division. We see them four times a year. It is a rivalry. It is great for New ]York to have that in Brooklyn and Manhattan,”Carmelo Anthony of New York Knicks has said prior to Knicks' second
victory over Nets.
Despite Knicks second victory over Nets, observers say it loud that the days the Knicks holds sway are gone, and a new era of
competition has begun. They add that without the emergence of the Barclays Center, there wouldn’t have been a break in the monopoly of Knicks as the only basketball team in New York. Fans of both teams say rivalry is good for the
game, bringing the new competition engendered by competition in sports and entertainment as
good development for business in the city and stimulus to Arenaentertainment.
“Madison Square Garden is a huge place where many events are held at the same time, with
so much fun. There was nothing like that in Brooklyn before the Barclays Center. MSG was the
only arena for all, but now some of those events at MSG may go to the Barclays Center, and
MSG may lose revenue because it now has a competitor,” a facility manager in Manhattan who
wants anonymity said. “It is unfortunate that just as new artists don’t start out at MSG, the
same will affect them at the Barclays Center. Both facilities are large, famous and are meant
for popular artists and not start-ups. Unknown artists start out in local galleries and theaters.”
Melissa Osmond, president of Madison Square Garden in a story, Barclays Arena Rivals the
Garden’s Glow in New York Times agrees that to play in the garden is pinnacle of an artist’s
career. She acknowledges the garden’s tight calendar has meant it has few dates to offer artists,
and that Barclays has benefited. “We always respect any competition, but the garden will
always be the Garden. We have been privileged to be at center of New York City for more than
130 years, with 400 annual events, the most of any arena in the country,” she reportedly
said in an email.
In a seeming response to Osmond, people say the Barclays Center has become an alternative
venue for artists, who hitherto have no choice when turn down at the Garden for lack of space.
“Barclays Center is doing what Madison Square Garden has been doing for a long time, to
accomplish what has taken the garden decades to achieve. The Barclays debuted with a bang in
an area the garden is considered as destination either for athletes or entertainers, where to
appear and be considered in the pinnacle of notoriety. Barclays has started like they are achieving
that level, operating almost on the same level like the garden, and seeming to have achieved the
feat. The question is whether Barclays will maintain the service and momentum. A lot will depend
on its sports team and its ability to continue attracting big level entertainers,” Jim Murphy, a former
police officer with vast knowledge of sports and entertainment in New York
City said.
Joe Fasano welcomes the competition between the Garden and Barclays. He says it affects him
being a regular at the garden. “I have always been a garden enthusiast. I love the garden. I haven’t
been at Barclays. But I will attend a show there soon to see the Islanders play. I am a fan of the
Islanders that has just moved to Barclays from the Coliseum just as I am of the garden. Moving to
the Barclays is the best thing that has happened to the Islanders. They didn’t have room in the
garden because the garden already had a hockey team-New York Rangers. Without Barclays, the
Islanders would have remained in the Coliseum with difficulties of inaccessibility for their fans. I will
be at Barclays for the Islanders. But I will also remain a garden’s regular,” he said, verbally
brainstorming on the renovation at the garden.
A visit to the MSG’s website shows that the arena is undergoing a comprehensive transformation.
It promises a top-to bottom renovation for a significantly enhanced experience for customers,
athletes, entertainers, fans, suite holders and partners, and prides itself as the foremost
entertainment spot in the tri-state. Located in the heart of New York City and connected to
Pennsylvania Station, in the thick of a busy business environment.
In contrast, the Barclays Center opened business in Brooklyn, July 12, 2012; a brand new edifice
sitting like a ship anchored at sea, cynosure of all eyes in Downtown Brooklyn, and connected to
Atlantic Train Station in a busy business environment. Most businesses around its location say
they expect the center will positively affect their own operations, basing their expectation on the
MSG’s business environ.
Some observers say that the renovation going in the garden signifies a response to competition.
They say improvement is what happens in a competitive environment to retain customers
from seeking services or products from another source and be relevant for changing clients’ demands.
They say service improvement isn’t part of monopoly, but benefits of competitive market. “In
monopoly, there is no reason to innovate. In competition, you must constantly improve. He that
deserves the customer wins the business,” Town Bergin, a solo Videographer said, smiling.
John Whitten, assistant manager at Jones Lang LaSalle in Manhattan thinks renovation in the
garden isn’t on the spur of competition with Barclays. “Each has own customers. So are teams
playing in either Barclays, or the garden; it doesn’t mean because a supporter watches the Nets that
he won’t watch the Knicks. The garden is much more than sports that Barclays is developing to
achieve, but isn’t there yet.”
lick here to edit.
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