Barclays Center is getting yet another new high-end club, the latest piece in the renovation of the 13-year-old arena and part of a multi-year $140 million renovation, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment announced
Thursday
The Tsai and Koch family-owned parent company of the Barclays Center as well as the Nets and Liberty, described plans for the yet unnamed club in a statement. It described the club as an “updated premium, event-level hospitality space.” The club’s set to open at the start of the Brooklyn Nets 2026–27 season with construction beginning once this season ends.
Club memberships will be available to Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty full and partial season ticket holders, with the space also available for private rentals, according to the statement. The statement did not discuss pricing.
This renovation kicks off Phase 3 of Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment’s ongoing investment to “reimagine and modernize” the arena experience for fans. The 9,000-square-foot space will be located in what has been the Qatar Airways Club for the past seven years. Before that it was the Calvin Klein Lounge.
Building on the recently unveiled transformation of the arena’s West End, with The Bridge and Gallagher Terrace, the new club will provide access to the arena practice court which has been put to a number of uses over the years, most recently as the Liberty’s practice court, and views of the tunnel connecting the teams’ locker rooms and the main court. A spokesman for Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment said the practice court will be open for fan shoot-around and the new layout of the space will ensure more seating and more visibility of the players’ tunnel.
In addition, a dramatic 94-foot LED board, stretching the full length of the club, will “immerse guests in live game action and arena atmosphere without requiring them to leave the space.” Additional amenities will include a dedicated coat check, private gender-neutral restrooms, and newly designed seating and social areas throughout.
Accommodating 360 members, the space is inspired by the evolution of Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood. Overall, the theme of the club will reflect the architecture of DUMBO, according to the statement. It will feature exposed steel trusses, brick, and concrete form the foundation of the space.
“At Barclays Center, we continue to invest in spaces that reflect Brooklyn’s identity while redefining what premium fan experiences can be,” said Shanon Ferguson, Chief Hospitality Officer at Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment. “As part of the third phase of our $140 million transformation, this space will bring fans closer to the action than ever before—through its design, its culinary program, and its unparalleled proximity to the game.”
The overall renovation has so far produced two upper level clubs, the Toki Row and Jet Blue at the Key in the first year, The Bridge and Gallagher’s Terrace at the western edge and now this. In later years, there will be extensive remodeling of the main entrance, including a massive sculpture and other original art, upper deck renovations, a new center-hung scoreboard and enhanced audio system. In addition, the arena added the Crown Club, its most exclusive restaurant, prior to the renovation. In each case so far, BSE has utilized spaced previously dedicated to suites or other public spaces.
Much of the renovation is being financed by the Koch family’s 15% investment in Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment in June 2024.
The club’s culinary highlight will be its interactive show kitchens—the only club in the arena where guests can watch their meals prepared in real time. The club will offer a diverse selection of food stations, including carving stations, sushi, kosher offerings, and elevated takes on classic arena favorites. A dedicated pizza oven will serve hot, freshly made Brooklyn pizza.
Renovation work for this project will be led by architects at Populous and construction management by Shawmut Design and Construction.
Part of the rationale for the upgrades at the arena is Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment’s plan to develop an arena-centric entertainment district to include a hotel, conference center, other entertainment venues and a marketplace much like LA LIVE!, the billion dollar district surrounding crypto.com arena, home of the Lakers.
