Coined “the most high-tech stadium in sports,” the Brooklyn Nets’ Barclays Center is outfitted with free Wi-Fi that’s designed to support a packed house full of smartphone-wielding fans, LTE and 3G service from the four major carriers and sponsor MetroPCS, and an app that lets fans order and pay for food from their seats without having to stand in concession lines.
It took nine years and some 35 court battles to build the billion-dollar stadium. The Nets won’t play their first home game against the Knicks until November 1st, but the Center itself opened last Friday in a ribbon-cutting ceremony that featured New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz, and Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov.
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Recently, the public got a taste of whats to come from the partnership of Sanctioned and MetroPCS.
Obviously it is a joke, but for those of you appreciating street art, you will get a blast out of this. Recently, the public got a taste of whats to come from the partnership of Sanctioned and MetroPCS. The communications provider allowed three titans of street art to leave their mark on retail stores in the Harlem and the Bronx. West Coast legend Mister Cartoon hooked up with two East Coast heavyweights, Cope2 and Sen2, to deliver a powerful message.
Fully bombing the windows, the artists left their calling card for the morning commuters to marvel at. Take a look while you can: 115th & Lexington in Harlem; E. Fordham and E. Kingsbridge Road in the Bronx; 3rd and E.151 in the Bronx.
