http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baske...tm?POE=SPOISVA
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A $4 billion redevelopment project that could reshape Brooklyn with an NBA basketball arena, office towers and thousands of apartments was approved Wednesday after months of maneuvering among New York state's top political leaders.
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The first phase will include an 18,000-seat arena to return big-time pro sports to Brooklyn for the first time since the Dodgers bolted in 1957 and four towers of commercial and residential space around the arena. The first phase will also include a fifth, mixed-use tower.
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It will be cool to see Brooklyn with a sports team again.