Maybe not the exact right place but came across this article:
Barclays takes on the Garden in huge title fight
Brooklyn upstart makes major gains over its venerable rival in the battle for share of the national consciousness under “famous New York City arenas.â€
By
Annie Karni
April 17, 2013 11:29 a.m.
On a recent episode of ABC's hit show
Nashville, the two country-music mega stars, played by Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere, arrive in New York City for the biggest show of their tour. It's no surprise the crooners sell out their concert, but what's perhaps unexpected is where. The newbie Barclays Center, rather than the world famous Madison Square Garden, gets the big-league cameo on prime-time national TV. And that was just one of several recent star turns for the new Brooklyn stadium on the block.
In February, Barclays was mentioned on an episode of
How I Met Your Mother, when two characters got kicked out of the stadium. And next month, "Barclays" will be a clue contestants on
Jeopardy! will need to know about, sources said.
These days Barclays is not just giving the Garden a run for its money as an alternative venue for the Rolling Stones or the Ringling Bros. circus—now it's competing with its rival as the arena associated with New York City in the national consciousness. And some of that attention came merely because it offered producers a better deal than the Garden.
"
The truth is, [that episode of
Nashville]
was originally written for Madison Square Garden," said Loucas George, producer of
Nashville. "
We reached out to Madison Square Garden, but
they wanted to charge us a lot of money to use their name, which I thought was crazy because we're basically giving them a national ad spot."
As it turns out
the Garden, run by Chairman James Dolan, also wanted creative control of all scenes featuring the stadium and approval of all sets, according to Mr. George. Frustrated by those demands, Mr. George was trying to figure out a solution for the scene when he happened to hear a segment on National Public Radio about the new stadium in Brooklyn.
"
I thought, screw Madison Square Garden, let's call Barclays," he said, and quickly told the show's writers to change the script. "Barclays was great. They didn't charge and they didn't ask for creative control."
The stadium gave the show logos to make sure they got the colors right for the scenes shot on a soundstage in Nashville.
"In the end, I was happier to go with Barclays than Madison Square Garden," Mr. George said. "It felt more timely."
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http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20130417/REAL_ESTATE/130419878