Barclays Center to open as largest voting site in Brooklyn

Not a lot has been decided at Barclays Center since the Brooklyn Nets edged the Chicago Bulls on March 8, three days before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the NBA season to pause and shuttered the Downtown arena, which also hosts the New York Islanders and New York Liberty.

That will change come next month.

Nets, Liberty and Barclays Center owner Joseph Tsai will re-open the doors of the arena to serve as a 2020 early voting and Election Day polling site, making the corner of Atlantic and Flatbush the place to be for Brooklynites eager to take part in our nation’s biggest decision.
“As a part of the Brooklyn community it is only appropriate to be an early voting and Election Day polling site,” John Abbamondi, the CEO of Tsai’s Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment Group, announced Tuesday morning from the Barclays Center Plaza.

“The Nets and Barclays Center are committed to doing our part in providing a safe and convenient option for the community to vote in the upcoming general election,” he added.

Abbamondi was joined by Michael Ryan, the director of the city’s Board of Elections, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and City Council Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo for what had been hailed as a “major announcement” Monday night.



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