MTA says arena would open in 2012, not 2011

It was an aside during the presentation yesterday by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chief Financial Officer Gary Dellaverson, but he clearly said (upon review of my recording) that "now until 2012 is the anticipated construction of the arena."

That's the date that I've been using as a best-case scenario for an arena opening, even as Forest City Ratner still claims it could open in 2011.