Apollo Jets signs on as official sponsor for Barclays Center
Participating in this sponsorship deal:
About Sponsor:
Based in New York and founded by Al Palagonia, Apollo Jets provides luxury private jet flights for clients from and to anywhere in the world. The company offers access to virtually every size and type of aircraft. The company relies heavily on athletes and celebrities, such as Ben Roethlisberger, Ryan Howard, Shaquille O’Neal and Derek Jeter, to use and market the company's services. In a recent Business Week article, Palagonia was quoted as saying that Apollo's "entire business model revolves around sports."
About Property:
The Barclays Center is a sports arena currently under construction in Brooklyn, New York. The arena is being built partly on a platform over the Metropolitan Transportation Authority-owned Vanderbilt Yards at Atlantic Avenue. It is part of a proposed $4.9 billion sports arena, business and residential complex. The arena is intended to serve as a new home for the National Basketball Association's New Jersey Nets, currently based at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The team will be renamed the Brooklyn Nets starting with the arena's expected opening season of 2012–13.