{"id":540920,"date":"2026-01-16T16:28:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/540920\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:28:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:28:22","slug":"barclays-center-getting-new-club-in-qatar-airways-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/540920\/","title":{"rendered":"Barclays Center getting new club in Qatar Airways space"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barclays Center<\/a> is getting yet another new high-end club, the latest piece in the renovation of the 13-year-old arena and part of a multi-year $140 million renovation, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment announced Thursday<\/p>\n

The Tsai and Koch family-owned parent company of the Barclays Center as well as the Nets and Liberty, described plans for the yet unnamed club in a statement. It described the club as an \u201cupdated premium, event-level hospitality space.\u201d The club\u2019s set to open at the start of the Brooklyn Nets 2026\u201327 season with construction beginning once this season ends.<\/p>\n

Club memberships will be available to Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty full and partial season ticket holders, with the space also available for private rentals, according to the statement. The statement did not discuss pricing.<\/p>\n

This renovation kicks off Phase 3 of Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment\u2019s ongoing investment to \u201creimagine and modernize\u201d the arena experience for fans. The 9,000-square-foot space will be located in what has been the Qatar Airways Club for the past seven years. Before that it was the Calvin Klein Lounge.<\/p>\n

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Building on the recently unveiled transformation of the arena\u2019s West End, with The Bridge and Gallagher Terrace, the new club will provide access to the arena practice court which has been put to a number of uses over the years, most recently as the Liberty\u2019s practice court, and views of the tunnel connecting the teams\u2019 locker rooms and the main court. A spokesman for Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment said the practice court will be open for fan shoot-around and the new layout of the space will ensure more seating and more visibility of the players\u2019 tunnel.<\/p>\n

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In addition, a dramatic 94-foot LED board, stretching the full length of the club, will \u201cimmerse guests in live game action and arena atmosphere without requiring them to leave the space.\u201d Additional amenities will include a dedicated coat check, private gender-neutral restrooms, and newly designed seating and social areas throughout.<\/p>\n

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Accommodating 360 members, the space is inspired by the evolution of Brooklyn\u2019s DUMBO neighborhood. Overall, the theme of the club will reflect the architecture of DUMBO, according to the statement. It will feature exposed steel trusses, brick, and concrete form the foundation of the space.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Barclays Center, we continue to invest in spaces that reflect Brooklyn\u2019s identity while redefining what premium fan experiences can be,\u201d said Shanon Ferguson, Chief Hospitality Officer at Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment. \u201cAs part of the third phase of our $140 million transformation, this space will bring fans closer to the action than ever before\u2014through its design, its culinary program, and its unparalleled proximity to the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

The overall renovation has so far produced two upper level clubs, the Toki Row and Jet Blue at the Key in the first year, The Bridge and Gallagher\u2019s Terrace at the western edge and now this. In later years, there will be extensive remodeling of the main entrance, including a massive sculpture and other original art<\/a>, upper deck renovations, a new center-hung scoreboard and enhanced audio system. In addition, the arena added the Crown Club, its most exclusive restaurant, prior to the renovation. In each case so far, BSE has utilized spaced previously dedicated to suites or other public spaces.<\/p>\n

Much of the renovation is being financed by the Koch family\u2019s 15% investment in Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment in June 2024.<\/p>\n

The club\u2019s culinary highlight will be its interactive show kitchens\u2014the only club in the arena where guests can watch their meals prepared in real time. The club will offer a diverse selection of food stations, including carving stations, sushi, kosher offerings, and elevated takes on classic arena favorites. A dedicated pizza oven will serve hot, freshly made Brooklyn pizza.<\/p>\n

Renovation work for this project will be led by architects at Populous and construction management by Shawmut Design and Construction.<\/p>\n

Part of the rationale for the upgrades at the arena is Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment\u2019s plan to develop an arena-centric entertainment district to include a hotel, conference center, other entertainment venues and a marketplace much like LA LIVE!, the billion dollar district surrounding crypto.com arena, home of the Lakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barclays Center is getting yet another new high-end club, the latest piece in the renovation of the 13-year-old…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3767],"tags":[7,670,247,3803,5842,6,671],"class_list":{"0":"post-540920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn-nets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brooklyn","10":"tag-brooklyn-nets","11":"tag-brooklynnets","12":"tag-general","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115905725252349057","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}