Madison Square Garden

===Madison Square Garden Gold Ticket Award===
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In 1977, Madison Square Garden announced [[Madison Square Garden Gold Ticket Award|Gold Ticket Awards]] would be given to performers who had brought in more than 100,000 unit ticket sales to the venue. Since the arena's seating capacity is about 20,000, this would require a minimum of five sold-out shows. Performers who were eligible for the award at the time of its inauguration included [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]], [[John Denver]], [[Peter Frampton]], the [[The Rolling Stones|Rolling Stones]], the [[The Jackson 5|Jackson 5]], [[Elton John]], [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Sly Stone]], [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]], [[The Who]], and [[Yes (band)|Yes]].<ref name="Cash Box Nov5_77">{{cite magazine |date=November 5, 1977 |title=WNEW Gets Madison Square Garden Award |magazine= Cash Box |publisher=George Albert |volume=XXXIX |number=25|page=16|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/70s/1977/CB-1977-11-05.pdf#page=14|via=americanradiohistory.com|access-date=March 30, 2019}}</ref><ref name="BB Oct29_1977">{{cite magazine |date=October 29, 1977 |title=Box Office Gold Ticket |magazine= Billboard |publisher=Lee Zhito |volume=89 |number=43|page=42|url={{Google books|akUEAAAAMBAJ|page=42|plainurl=yes}}|via=Google books|access-date=March 30, 2019}}</ref> [[Graeme Edge]], who received his award in 1981 as a member of [[The Moody Blues]], said he found his gold ticket to be an interesting piece of memorabilia because he could use it to attend any event at the Garden.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.moodybluestoday.com/graeme-edge-interview-glide-magazine/|title=Graeme Edge Interview with Glide Magazine|date=February 10, 2014|website=The Moody Blues|access-date=March 30, 2019}}</ref> Many other performers received Gold Ticket Awards between 1977 and 1994.