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Barclays Center lobbying for approval of sports betting in New York

The Nets and the Barclays Center’s arena operating company have long considered sports betting a possibility for Brooklyn. For example, they’ve trademarked “Brooklyn Gaming” and “Bet on Brooklyn,” both of which would work nicely for in-house betting.

And before he and Joe Tsai had a parting of the ways in November 2019, CEO David Levy laid out his vision for gambling at Flatbush and Atlantic, suggesting once New York State and City approve betting at arenas and stadiums, Barclays could have a sports book near its entrance and mobile sports betting from arena seats using 5G.