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Barclays Center ( / ˈbɑːrkliz / BAR-kleez) [9] is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The arena is home to the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association and the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association. [10] The arena also hosts concerts, conventions and other sporting and ...
Marcel Cheradame was kept as the branch manager until he retired in the sixties. 1946 to 1980. In May 1958, Barclays was the first UK bank to appoint a female bank manager. Hilda Harding managed Barclays' Hanover Square branch in London until her retirement in 1970.
The new arena, later named Barclays Center, would be the center of an extensive redevelopment project called the Atlantic Yards being constructed by Ratner's real estate development company. The new arena is located across the street from the site that Walter O'Malley wanted to use for a new stadium for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the early 1950s.
Metrotech Center. Ratner's firm, Forest City Ratner, began construction of Metrotech Center in June 1989. Brooklyn journalist Dennis Holt labeled June 26, 1989, as the start of a "new Brooklyn." The complex totals over 5.8 million square feet of office space. The creation of this office space brought at least 22,000 jobs to the borough.
Title. Vice Chair. Spouse. Joseph Tsai. . ( m. 1996) . Clara Wu Tsai is an American businesswoman, philanthropist, and social justice activist. She is a co-owner of the Brooklyn Nets, the New York Liberty, the San Diego Seals, and Barclays Center.
Progression. Harding joined the High Wycombe branch of Barclays Bank as a shorthand typist, on 18 June 1934. She earned £50 per annum. [1] [2] In 1939 she transferred to Henley-on-Thames branch as a ledger clerk; in 1941 she was appointed secretary to the local Directors at Reading. After the Second World War, in 1947, she was one of the first ...
History The NHL heads to Long Island (1972–1974) In fall 1972, the emerging World Hockey Association (WHA) planned to place its New York team, the New York Raiders, in Nassau County's brand-new Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. County officials did not consider the WHA a major league and wanted to keep the Raiders out. William Shea, who had helped bring Major League Baseball's New York Mets ...
The Brooklyn Nets will honor Vince Carter next season by retiring his No. 15 to the rafters at Barclays Center. Carter's No. 15 will be the sixth retired number in franchise history after Dražen ...