Ratner, the Nets, and the Russian Billionaire

Yesterday the Empire State Development Corp. rubber stamped the revised plans for the Net's Atlantic Yards arena (and here).

It also came out yesterday in Reuters that Mikhail Prokhorov, Russia's richest man, is putting together a deal to issue $700 million in bonds to help the team (and developer Bruce Ratner) build the arena. NBC New York says the Reuters story is "suspicious."

Field of Schemes asks, "The big question is: What would Prokhorov be getting in exchange for his $700 million? The entire Nets franchise is worth less than $300 million."

No Land Grab says this investment would be "the ultimate Ratner bailout."

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