Update, 3:01 p.m.: Citing an unnamed source familiar with the plan, Brooklyn Paper reports that Jay-Z will announce Monday that he will headline the Barclays Center's first performance during a three-week grand opening celebration in September 2012.
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Jay-Z will make a "major announcement" about the Barclays Center and the team that will soon call it home, the Brooklyn Nets, on Monday at 10 a.m.
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A press conference will be held on the plaza outside Atlantic Terminal, across the street from the .
Jay-Z is scheduled to be joined by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Forest City Ratner CEO Bruce Ratner and Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark.
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As of Friday noon, representatives of the operator of Barclays Center, Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment, were keeping mum on the latest development.
The Bed-Stuy native is a part-owner of the Nets and a longtime advocate of moving the team from its current home at the Prudential Center in Newark to Brooklyn.
Back in March, a spokesman for the Nets announced that would go on sale in the fall. The luxury boxes range in price from $215,000 to $450,000.
Tickets for the Nets first season in Brooklyn in 2012-13 are already on sale.
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