Madison Square Garden

This article is about the current New York City arena, open since 1968. For other uses, see Madison Square Garden (disambiguation).

Madison Square Garden
"MSG", "The Garden", "The World's Most Famous Arena"
Madison Square Garden in 2019
Madison Square Garden is located in Manhattan
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden
Location in Manhattan
Madison Square Garden is located in New York City
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden
Location in New York City
Madison Square Garden is located in New York
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden
Location in New York State
Madison Square Garden is located in the United States
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden
Location in the United States
Address4 Pennsylvania Plaza
LocationNew York City, New York, U.S.
Coordinates40°45′2″N 73°59′37″W / 40.75056°N 73.99361°W / 40.75056; -73.99361
Public transit
OwnerMadison Square Garden Entertainment[1][2]
Capacity
Field size820,000 sq ft (76,000 m2)
Construction
Broke groundOctober 29, 1964[4]
Opened
  • 1879, 1890, 1925
    (former locations)
  • February 11, 1968
    (current location)
Renovated
  • 1989–1991
  • 2011–2013
Construction cost
  • $123 million
    ($1.08 billion in 2023 dollars[5])
  • Renovation (1991):
    $200 million
    ($447 million in 2023 dollars[5])
  • Renovation (2011-2013):
    $1 billion
    ($1.31 billion in 2023 dollars[5])
Architect
Structural engineerSeverud Associates[6]
Services engineerSyska & Hennessy, Inc.[7]
General contractorTurner/Del E. Webb[7]
Tenants
Website
msg.com/madison-square-garden

Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh and Eighth avenues from 31st to 33rd streets above Pennsylvania Station. It is the fourth venue to bear the name "Madison Square Garden"; the first two, opened in 1879 and 1890 respectively, were located on Madison Square, on East 26th Street and Madison Avenue, with the third Madison Square Garden (1925) farther uptown at Eighth Avenue and 50th Street.

The Garden hosts professional ice hockey, professional basketball, boxing, mixed martial arts, concerts, ice shows, circuses, professional wrestling, and other forms of sports and entertainment. It is close to other midtown Manhattan landmarks, including the Empire State Building, Koreatown, and Macy's at Herald Square. It is home to the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL), the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and was home to the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 to 2017.

Originally called Madison Square Garden Center, the Garden opened on February 11, 1968, and is the oldest major sporting facility in the New York metropolitan area. It is the oldest arena in the NBA and the second-oldest in the NHL, after Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena. As of 2016, MSG is also the second-busiest music arena in the world in terms of ticket sales.[8] Including its two major renovations in 1991 and 2013, the Garden's total construction cost was approximately $1.1 billion, and it has been ranked as one of the 10 most expensive arena venues ever built.[9] It is part of the Pennsylvania Plaza office and retail complex, named for the railway station. Several other operating entities related to the Garden share its name.

  1. ^ Wright, Jarah (April 3, 2023). "Madison Square Garden Entertainment splitting into two companies". KTNV-TV. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  2. ^ "Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. Completes Spin-Off From Sphere Entertainment Co" (Press release). Madison Square Garden Entertainemnt. April 21, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  3. ^ a b DeLessio, Joe (October 24, 2013). "Here's What the Renovated Madison Square Garden Looks Like". New York Magazine. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  4. ^ Seeger, Murray (October 30, 1964). "Construction Begins on New Madison Sq. Garden; Grillage Put in Place a Year After Demolition at Penn Station Was Started". The New York Times. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  5. ^ a b c 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  6. ^ "Fred Severud; Designed Madison Square Garden, Gateway Arch". Los Angeles Times. June 15, 1990. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  7. ^ a b "New York Architecture Images- Madison Square Garden Center".
  8. ^ "Pollstar Pro's busiest arena pdf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2017.
  9. ^ Esteban (October 27, 2011). "11 Most Expensive Stadiums in the World". Total Pro Sports. Archived from the original on August 27, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2012.