| "This is the first step in finding a new home for Madison Square Garden and building a new Penn Station that is as great as New York and suitable for the 21st century," said City Council speaker | com, November 7, 2007 Other sources [ ]• "Madison Square" in , ed |
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| As such, when the Rangers have played neutral-site games—even those in New York City, such as the , they have always been designated as the visiting team | Elton John was reported to be the first non-sports figure inducted into the MSG Hall of Fame in 1977 for "record attendance of 140,000" in June of that year |
While the Knicks and Rangers were not displaced, the played at the in during the renovation.
14| The and of the NFL also relocated there | It had a 1,200-seat theatre, a concert hall with a capacity of 1,500, the largest restaurant in the city, and a roof garden cabaret |
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| performing at the Garden in 2011 The performed in the venue 53 times from 1979 to 1994, with the first show being held on September 7, 1979, and the last being on October 19, 1994 | NJPW and hosted their supershow at the venue on April 6, 2019, which sold out in 19 minutes after the tickets went on sale |
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16| It also hosted the from 2001 to 2010 | Kaplan, Don October 11, 1999 |
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| Since the arena's seating capacity is about 20,000, this would require a minimum of five sold-out shows | Madison Square Garden II was unsuccessful like the first Garden, and the , which held the mortgage on it, decided to tear it down in 1925 to make way for a new headquarters building, which would become the landmark -designed |