Madison Square Garden

Home of the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers

New York, NY

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Teams

New York Knicks
NBA · basketball
1968–present
New York Rangers
NHL · hockey
1968–present

Also known as MSG · The Garden

Stadium facts

Capacity: 20,012; Basketball, from the infobox. Hockey is listed at 18,006. Concerts are listed at 22,000. Boxing and mixed martial arts are listed at 20,789. A capacity table on the page lists 19,812 from 2013.Source for capacity
Opened: February 11, 1968; This is the fourth building to use the name. Ground broken October 29, 1964, on the site of the former Pennsylvania Station.Source for opened
Cost: $123 million; Original 1968 cost. The infobox also lists a 1991 renovation of $200 million and a 2011–2013 renovation of $1 billion.Source for cost

Names and sponsors

Madison Square Garden Center
The page says this was the original name of the current building, which opened on February 11, 1968.
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Madison Square Garden
1968–present
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MSG
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The Garden
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The World's Most Famous Arena
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The Mecca
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Timeline

1968
1973
1978
1988
1998
2015
2021
2026

February 11, 1968

The current Garden opens

The current Madison Square Garden opened on February 11, 1968, above Pennsylvania Station, and was originally called Madison Square Garden Center. The page says it is the fourth building to carry the name. The infobox lists the original cost at $123 million.

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Midtown / Hell’s Kitchen. Best base for MSG and transit; subway to Bronx (Yankee) and Queens (Citi) is straightforward.
Downtown / Brooklyn. Handy for Barclays; budget extra time to MetLife (Meadowlands) via NJ Transit game trains.

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