NJ Gov Says She Wants Nets Back 14 Years After Move to Brooklyn
The Nets played in New Jersey from 1977 to 2012.
Amid her ongoing battle with FIFA , Mikie Sherrill has another bold sports play on her mind: Bring the Nets back across the Hudson River. The Nets played in New Jersey from 1977 to 2012, before moving to Brooklyn. The team struggled to draw attendance while in the Garden State and played in multiple arenas, including Rutgers Athletic Center, the since-closed Izod Center, Prudential Center, and even the Teaneck Armory.
Since moving to Brooklyn the Nets have undergone a complete rebrand, switching its colors from red and blue to black and white. The team has not played a game in New Jersey, but did maintain a practice facility in East Rutherford until 2016 while a new one was built in Brooklyn. But a team source told Front Office Sports that there’s been no conversations between Sherrill’s administration and team ownership at all, let alone about a move.
“They’re perfectly happy in Brooklyn,” the source said. The comments come after Sherrill, at a late April live chat about her first 100 days in office as governor, was asked if she was interested in bringing the Nets back to New Jersey. It turns out, the idea was already on her radar.
“ I mean, would I support it? I ask about it all the time,” Sherrill said. “I love the idea.