Ratner plans Barclays food options

Before Barclays Center developer Bruce Ratner can plan the arena’s debut Jay Z concert slated for September 2012, he’s planning the concessions for the arena, Gothamist reported.

“We are committed to bringing the best of Brooklyn to Barclays Center and to draw on the borough’s dynamic food scene,” Ratner, who’s the chairman and CEO of Forest City Ratner, said in a statement. “Our goal is [to] cast a wide net to make Barclays Center’s culinary experience as quintessentially Brooklyn as it gets.”

Barclays Center launched an online survey in hopes of finding a local business that can both sell food and handle large crowds. [Gothamist]