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Jay-Z Barclays Center Show Dates

Do you want more? Well in addition to Hov’s first concert at the Barclays Center on September 28, he has recently added two more shows on September 29 and 30. Tix go on sale this Friday, July 13 at the venue’s site and ticketmaster and 7,000 of them for each show will be priced just under $30. Can’t beat that. UPDATE: Two more dates! Five in total. October 3 and 4th. Again! UPDATE #2: Three more dates added. Eight shows in […]

Jay-Z Renames New Jersey Nets

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Jay-Z At Barclays Center Groundbreaking

After Jigga and the big time Big Apple luminaries spoke to the media, they took it outside and got their shovelin’ on. Damn, today was a good day for my property value. I’ll be back in Manhattan in no time. Ha! Previously: Jay-Z At Barclays Center Press Conference

Jay-Z Barclays Center Press Conference

A press conference was held this afternoon for the groundbreaking of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn Yards. Set to open in 2012, the 18,000 seat arena will become the new home of the New Jersey Brooklyn Nets. Many local residents oppose the move due to imminent increases in traffic and living costs. In attendance were Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Governor David Paterson. Nets co-owner Jay-Z, gave a brief speech, in which he paid homage to the memory […]

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