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The Newark Arena is a 18,000-seat multi-purpose Arena being built in Newark, New Jersey for the New Jersey Devils . The arena is designed by HOK Sport , with the exterior designed by Morris Adjmi Architects . Construction of the arena will be finished in 2007 , in time for the 2007-08 NHL Season . The arena will be located a couple blocks from Newark Penn Station , in downtown Newark. The arena will be accessible via New Jersey Transit , PATH , the Newark City Subway , and Amtrak . On Monday, January 24 , 2006 , the Devils submitted a guarantee in writing that the team will contribute $100 million to the arena, one day after the city and state threatened to cancel the project. [http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2303214 The arena was originally intended to be the home of the New Jersey Nets when the team was owned by YankeeNets . The arena was expected to replace the in Brooklyn, New York . This will leave two arenas in New Jersey competing with each other to book concerts and family shows. Although the Nets are looking to extend their lease at the Continental Airlines Arena , Devils ownership has offered a public invitation for the NBA team to be a tenant in Newark. With the news about the possible Continental Arena extension, a Nets move to Newark only seems likely if they ultimately do not move to Brooklyn and Bruce Ratner sells the team, or if New Jersey returns to its original plan to demolish the Continental Arena. SEE ALSO
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