Today was the day that made history in Brooklyn as the beautiful building called The Barclays Center was open for business.

Read my view on it at  Rant Sports

The #BarclaysCenter is now officially open. This is a great day for #Brooklyn and a great day for #NYC! cc: @BarclaysCenter

— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) September 21, 2012

Prokhorov on #Nets & Knicks: "What could be better as a rivalry for New York City. We’ll fight on the court. We’ll see who’s better."

— Rod Boone (@rodboone) September 21, 2012

What a great day for @brooklynnets, and @barclayscenter. Amazing Building WOW.

— Billy King (@bkdefend) September 21, 2012

#NBA title for #Nets coming in the next three years? Yes, says Mikhail Prokhorov: http://t.co/tIT0KrfD

— Rod Boone (@rodboone) September 21, 2012

Prokhorov on his championship guarantee: "For me, there's only one place: number one. And I do my best to reach the championship."

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) September 22, 2012

Prokhorov on the luxury tax: "You can add it up (the luxury tax bill) ... But, for me now, it's more important to have championship."

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) September 22, 2012

Prokhorov on if he'll be at more games now: "Sure, because I promised to be at 25 percent of our home games, and now we can add playoffs."

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) September 22, 2012