Something's going on at the retail spaces along the Flatbush Avenue side of the Barclays Center, as shown in the photos I took last Thursday, 3/11/21.
Remember, they were long empty and/or underutilized, so could the work be to position those space for future retail use?
Perhaps this will be the announced new, larger team store, which is supposed to move, allowing the former Swag Shop, adjacent to the retail, to serve as an additional entrance for the arena, which needs more options during pandemic times. The new location has not been announced.
As shown at right, the space has been hollowed out and, as shown below, there's construction paper up inside much of the interior.
Filings with the New York City Department of Buildings indicate modification of several systems--plumbing, sprinkler, and mechanical--as well as plan for removal and installation of interior partitions, ceiling, flooring and finishes, with "no change in use, egress or occupancy" under that application.
There's been no filing yet, as far as I can tell, that explicitly cites a change in "egress," so that does not point to use of these spaces as alternate entrances, but rather suggests they will remain as retail spaces.
A new locker room for the Liberty
Looking forward, arena operators are also constructing a new locker room for the New York Liberty of the WNBA, now owned by Joe Tsai, who owns the Brooklyn Nets and the Barclays Center operating company.
The league's schedule hasn't been announced, but could start this summer.
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