Madison Square Garden (1925) Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==History== Groundbreaking on the third Madison Square Garden took place on January 9, 1925.<ref name=ballp>[http://hockey.ballparks.com/NHL/NewYorkRangers/3rdoldindex.htm "Madison Square Garden III"] on Ballparks.com</ref> Designed by the theater architect [[Thomas W. Lamb]], it was built at the cost of $4.75 million in 349 days by boxing promoter [[Tex Rickard]], who assembled backers he called his "600 millionaires" to fund the project.<ref name=ballp /> The new arena was dubbed "The House That Tex Built."<ref>Schumach, Murray (February 14, 1968).[https://www.nytimes.com/1968/02/14/archives/next-and-last-attraction-at-old-madison-square-garden-to-be.html Next and Last Attraction at Old Madison Square Garden to Be Wreckers' Ball], ''The New York Times''</ref> In contrast to the ornate towers of [[Stanford White]]'s [[Madison Square Garden (1890)|second Garden]], the exterior of MSG III was a simple box. Its most distinctive feature was the ornate [[Marquee (sign)|marquee]] above the main entrance, with seemingly endless abbreviations (Tomw., V/S, Rgrs, Tonite, Thru, etc.) Even the name of the arena was abbreviated, to "Madison Sq. Garden". The arena, which opened on December 15, 1925,<ref name=Gazette>{{cite news |title=Canadiens victors over New York in a colorful battle |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC&dat=19251216&printsec=frontpage |work=[[Montreal Gazette|The Gazette]] |date=December 16, 1925 |accessdate=August 11, 2021 |location=[[Montreal]] |page=18}}</ref> was {{convert|200|ft|m}} by {{convert|375|ft|m}}, with seating on three levels, and a maximum [[seating capacity|capacity]] of 18,496 spectators for boxing.<ref name=ballp /> It had poor sight lines, especially for hockey, and fans sitting virtually anywhere behind the first row of the side balcony could count on having some portion of the ice obstructed. The poor ventilation and allowed smoking often caused haze in the upper portions of the Garden. Madison Square Garden III was managed by Rickard, [[John S. Hammond]], William F. Carey, General [[John Reed Kilpatrick]], [[Ned Irish]] and [[Irving Mitchell Felt]].<ref name=ballp /> It was eventually replaced by the fourth [[Madison Square Garden]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page