MSG to be torn down?

[Uconn93]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/25/us/new-york-madison-square-garden-relocation/index.html?iref=allsearch

This would be some rich irony, given what just happened with the Big East. I assume when they say re-locate, they aren't going to pick it up and move it.

 

[CTBasketball]

CNN...

A few CNN reporters/anchors said that the Boston Marathon Bombings were the work of ultra right-wing libertarians...

 

[dsturdy5]

I didn't click the link but didn't MSG just spend a ton of cash on renovations?

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I didn't click the link but didn't MSG just spend a ton of cash on renovations?

They did. They'll get to enjoy it for 10 years.

 

[sledog]

Wasn't the 'original' Penn Station across the street where the post office now stands?? Tracks go right underneath it. The PO just moved in. I believe that is where the new PS is moving (back) to. MSG will probably be moved 2-4 blocks west as the #7 subway line has been extended to Jacob Javits (34th & 11th Ave). Then again, JJ may be trashed as well as it is 'too small' for events - a spot in Queens has been mentioned as the new location. Queens?? I suppose that if Brooklyn grabbed a new MSG-like facility, anything is possible. Depends on your local friendly congressman.

 

[husky8273]

The original Penn Station stood on the MSG site. Its demolition led to the creation of the urban preservation movement in NYC and elsewhere. The plan to renovate the Farley Post Office (built in 1912) is dead. Now New York wants to redevelop Penn Station at its current location but MSG must move to do so. Its original lease term was expiring. The Dolans lobbied for a much longer new lease term but were shot down.
see http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/27/n...issue-in-mayors-race.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

 

[rbny1]

As someone who has lived in New York for 50 years, I doubt that MSG will actually be forced to move anytime soon. Political pressures will prevail, and there is likely to be a new vote by the city council sometime in the future giving MSG a further extension.

The goal in forcing MSG to move is to rebuild Penn Station, which lies under it and is very cramped. But even if MSG were forced to move 10 years from now, I have little confidence that the government would use the opportunity to rebuild Penn Station in a timely manner.

As you can see, I have become a thoroughly cynical New Yorker, shedding my gentler and more optimistic roots from my childhood in Connecticut. I flat-out predict that MSG will still be where it is today 20 years from now. In fact, it is more likely, IMO, that Anthony Weiner will be elected to office in the next 20 years than it is that MSG will move.

 

[Johnny Mac]

The garden will soon be eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. I doubt it will ever be demolished. The tenants might be relocated, but the building won't go anywhere.

 

[sledog]

Yes, the original PS was on the same site. The PO, across 8th Ave, is also above the tracks, and this was key as most mail was moved by rail then.

It was a magnificent place. Here are some pix:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Station_(New_York_City)