This of great! Then again, the rebuttle appears in “the Patch” a known purveyor of local news online. They are hardly “the Gray Lady”.Not so fast...
No, Madison Square Garden Is Not Moving To Hell's Kitchen
A dubious news article said DeWitt Clinton Park would be bulldozed for a sports arena. The governor's office says it's pure fiction.patch.com
It’s actually mentioned in the article from the OP
If you’re there for the beer, you are probably also there for the urinals.
Not so fast...
No, Madison Square Garden Is Not Moving To Hell's Kitchen
A dubious news article said DeWitt Clinton Park would be bulldozed for a sports arena. The governor's office says it's pure fiction.
impossible, lower manhattan will be crippled. And the subway lines?
also was there on 9/18/87! and Al McGuire's Marquette over Digger Phelps's Fordham in '71!I'm pretty against moving MSG........................................ UNLESS (and this fits in with infrastructure money) its for a total Penn station overhaul/upgrade. It's needed. NY needs it, America actually needs it when you frame it as getting people in an out of city. I'm glad to see that is a sticking point with Dolan. I would support a move under that auspice. Still would be hard. That building is ingrained in my DNA. I grew up there as a young kid who's dad had season tickets to the Rangers and Knicks through the mid 70's until we moved to CT. No exaggeration I've been in that building probably over 500 times in 54 years. I saw Willis Reed come out for game 7 in there. I saw Rangers Stanley cup Finals in there with the Ratelle/Gilbert/Hadfield/Giacomin . I was there for the Grateful Dead bustout of St. Stephen in 83. And their legendary Dew on 9/18/87 I was there for Matteau, Matteau, Matteau. I was there for Phish New Years 95, recognized as the greatest concert of 90's. Bob Dylan's 30th anniversary. Ronnie Lane benefit for ARMS. Janes Addiction first performance and sellout there. And since this is the yard I don't think I need to list what the Huskies have done there in last 35 years. I was there for all of them. Seriously, I think all of them (the moments, 90. 96, 99, 02,04, etc....) if you want to tick off the list.
By the way. Im not old enough to say this and I don't remember it, obviously, But I have a ticket stub and a picture of me as a 9 month old at a Rangers game at the old (3rd) MSG in January 68 . Framed Xmas present from my dad. He loved the Garden. Right before it closed and was moved to its current location. I think that might qualify me as one of the youngest people alive who has been in both gardens.
This is quite the accomplished CV. Well done. Did you guys ever push a hot dog cart down the subway stairs?I'm pretty against moving MSG........................................ UNLESS (and this fits in with infrastructure money) its for a total Penn station overhaul/upgrade. It's needed. NY needs it, America actually needs it when you frame it as getting people in an out of city. I'm glad to see that is a sticking point with Dolan. I would support a move under that auspice. Still would be hard. That building is ingrained in my DNA. I grew up there as a young kid who's dad had season tickets to the Rangers and Knicks through the mid 70's until we moved to CT. No exaggeration I've been in that building probably over 500 times in 54 years. I saw Willis Reed come out for game 7 in there. I saw Rangers Stanley cup Finals in there with the Ratelle/Gilbert/Hadfield/Giacomin . I was there for the Grateful Dead bustout of St. Stephen in 83. And their legendary Dew on 9/18/87 I was there for Matteau, Matteau, Matteau. I was there for Phish New Years 95, recognized as the greatest concert of 90's. Bob Dylan's 30th anniversary. Ronnie Lane benefit for ARMS. Janes Addiction first performance and sellout there. And since this is the yard I don't think I need to list what the Huskies have done there in last 35 years. I was there for all of them. Seriously, I think all of them (the moments, 90. 96, 99, 02,04, etc....) if you want to tick off the list.
By the way. Im not old enough to say this and I don't remember it, obviously, But I have a ticket stub and a picture of me as a 9 month old at a Rangers game at the old (3rd) MSG in January 68 . Framed Xmas present from my dad. He loved the Garden. Right before it closed and was moved to its current location. I think that might qualify me as one of the youngest people alive who has been in both gardens
Then redo the bathroom, that’s it.
You got the subway, water taxi, parkway, and helipad. air land and sea.
I went to games at the old garden which was also the worlds most famous arena. Amazing that the “new Garden” is now the old garden.
MSG couldn't be less similar to Fenway. What makes Fenway special is that they have preserved it. The latest version of MSG is unrecognizable to the previous version.
Eh I would disagree. The only major difference between the “old” garden and the 2012 upgraded garden is it doesn’t have pod seating. Everything else was just modernizing the arena. Similar to what Fenway has done with every renovation they’ve done.
Did something replace the Blarney Rock Pub?
The two inside concourses(or whatever you call them) are what made the old Garden awesome for both Phish shows and the Big East Tournament. They are also what gave the Garden unique. They are gone. Now it's like every other cookie cutter arena in the country. The only thing cool about it is it's location.
