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What happened to the Haier deal to be a founding partner at the Barclays Center?

On 6/19/09, the New York Times's City Room blog reported on "another lucrative sponsorship deal [for the Barclays Center], with Haier, the giant appliance manufacturer from China," which was "expected to be announced within the next several days."

"Nothing is ready to be reported,ā€ Nets CEO Brett Yormark said, and he was right. That deal, which would have made Haier the ninth founding partner, or sponsor, for the arena, was never announced.

Indeed, a 9/16/09 Barclays Center press release about suite sales stated:
The Barclays Center currently has eight Founding Partners, including ADT, Anheuser- Busch, Cushman & Wakefield, EmblemHealth, MGM Grand at Foxwoods, MetroPCS Communications, Jones Soda Co., and Phillips-Van Heusen.
Curiously enough, on 12/2/08, in a WFAN interview, Yormark claimed there were nine founding partners.

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