Madison Square Garden

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Address	4 Pennsylvania Plaza
Location	New York City, New York, U.S.
Coordinates	40°45′2″N 73°59′37″W / 40.75056°N 73.99361°W / 40.75056; -73.99361
Public transit	Amtrak: Penn Station LIRR: Penn Station NJ Transit: Penn Station New York City Subway: ​​34th Street–Penn Station (7th Ave) ​​34th Street–Penn Station (8th Ave) ​​​​​​​34th Street–Herald Square PATH: 33rd Street New York City Bus: M4, M7, M20, M34 SBS, M34A SBS, Q32, BxM2 at 34th Street–Penn Station
Owner	Madison Square Garden Entertainment
Capacity	Boxing/MMA: 20,789 Concerts: 22,000 Basketball: 19,812[1] Pro wrestling: 18,500 Ice hockey: 18,006[1]
Field size	820,000 sq ft (76,000 m2)
Construction
Broke ground	October 29, 1964[2]
Opened	1879, 1890, 1925 (former locations) February 11, 1968 (current location)
Renovated	1989–1991 2011–2013
Construction cost	$123 million ($1.11 billion in 2024 dollars[3]) Renovation (1991): $200 million ($462 million in 2024 dollars[3]) Renovation (2011-2013): $1 billion ($1.35 billion in 2024 dollars[3])
Architect	Charles Luckman Associates Brisbin Brook Beynon Architects
Structural engineer	Severud Associates[4]
Services engineer	Syska & Hennessy, Inc.[5]
General contractor	Turner/Del E. Webb[5]
Tenants
New York Rangers (NHL) (1968–present) New York Knicks (NBA) (1968–present) St. John's Red Storm (NCAA) (1969–present) New York Raiders/Golden Blades (WHA) (1972–1973) New York Apples (WTT) (1977–1978) New York Stars (WBL) (1979–1980) New York Cosmos (NASL) (1983–1984) New York Knights (AFL) (1988) New York CityHawks (AFL) (1997–1998) New York Liberty (WNBA) (1997–2010, 2014–2017) New York Titans (NLL) (2007–2009)
Website
msg.com/madison-square-garden

Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multipurpose 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, 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, on the site of the old Pennsylvania Station. It 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.^[6] Including its two major renovations in 1991 and 2013, the Garden's total construction cost was approximately US$1.1 billion, and it has been ranked as one of the ten most expensive arena venues ever built.^[7] 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.