Madison Square Garden Research Paper

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Madison Square Garden is one of the most recognizable and famous sporting arenas in the entire world. It is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in New York City between Seventh and Eighth Avenues from 31st-33rd street. Madison Square Garden is often referred to as MSG or The Garden and hosts sporting events, concerts, circuses and many other family friendly events. What MSG is most known for is being the host of the New York Knicks an NBA team and the New York Rangers which is an NHL team.
History
Although today we know that The Garden is located on 31st-33rd streets it wasn’t always there and it didn’t always look like the circular arena. MSG is now the fourth building to hold the name, in 1879 the first Madison Square Garden was built on Fifth …show more content…

This 3 million dollar building was able to hold 1200 for theatre, 1500 people for concerts and had the largest restaurant in all of New York. MSG II lasted from 1890-1925 when it was torn down by New York Life Insurance Company. On January 9, 1925 Groundbreaking of the 3rd MSG took place but was located in a new area. This MSG was built on Eighth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets. This new MSG coast a total of 4.75 million dollars and was built by boxing promoter Tex Rickard. The construction only took a total of 249 days and had a maximum capacity of 18,496 fans/spectators.MSG III lasted from 1925-1969 when it was torn down and the new MSG was finished. The current MSG is now located where the Pennsylvania Railroad Station. This caused a little bit of an outcry by the public about the PA Station being torn down was a little bit of a setback but wound up leading to the creation of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. It is the first structure of its kind to be built atop of a railroad that is still active. In 1991 renovations to build 89 more suites onto The Garden began, the renovations coast Garden owners 200 million

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