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Hunt awarded construction contract for the Barclays Center
Forest City Ratner Companies has awarded Hunt Construction Group the construction contract for the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The cornerstone and the first building of the larger Atlantic Yards development, the Barclays Center will be a 675,000 SF sports and entertainment arena, featuring 18,000 seats for basketball and 19,000 seats for concerts, 104 luxury suites, public concourses on two levels, a suite level club restaurant, and an adjoining basketball practice facility. Designed by Ellerbe Becket and SHoP Architects, the Barclays Center will be constructed using a structural steel superstructure frame with structural precast seating bowl and a weathered steel rain screen facade.
The Barclays Center, which has already commenced construction, will host more than 200 events a year including professional, collegiate, and scholastic sporting events, concerts, family shows, and community activities. Upon its completion, the Barclays Center will be home to the NBA’s Nets, Brooklyn’s first major professional sports team since the 1957 departure of the Dodgers.
“Hunt is extremely proud to be a part of this historic endeavor, and is excited about serving as the design-builder,” stated Ken Johnson, Executive Vice President for Hunt.
“We are thrilled to be working with Hunt Construction Group on building what will be a world-class sports and entertainment venue in Brooklyn,” said Bruce Ratner, Chairman and CEO of Forest City Ratner Companies. “Hunt has an outstanding construction team that has built many of the best sporting venues in the country. We are excited to team with Hunt for the Barclays Center and to bring major professional sports and entertainment back to Brooklyn.”














