yeah, well I can kinda agree with Barry a touch. The arena is very nice, everything coast a million bucks but its nice.
Newark...hm, not so much...
I've lived in 3 of the 5 boroughs in NYC and I am used to the grit and general atmosphere of city living...and Newark, well, even makes me feel skeevey. There really isn't anything "good" around the arena, no great city bars or restaurants around that makes you want to stick around. Just some new trees along some some new roads with some new parking garages...yay!
The only redeeming value Newark has is its crown jewel nestled in a corner of Newark Penn station...the Blue Comet bar. A non-discript upper-echelon bar, its the place where you and your 5-toothed, mullet clad, possibly homeless friends can order a $6 12 oz. Molson XXX and pass out in the corner without getting too much of a hassle until of course its time for karaoke.