Madison Square Garden 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! ===Madison Square Garden Walk of Fame=== {{main|List of Madison Square Garden Walk of Fame Inductees}} The walkway leading to the arena of Madison Square Garden was designated as the "Walk of Fame" in 1992.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/guide/madison-square-garden-guide/|title=Madison Square Garden Guide|date=October 19, 2010|website=CBS New York|language=en|access-date=May 23, 2019}}</ref> It was established "to recognize athletes, artists, announcers and coaches for their extraordinary achievements and memorable performances at the venue."<ref name="Bernstein May 11, 2015">{{cite web |url=https://www.jambase.com/article/grateful-dead-inducted-into-msg-walk-of-fame/ |title=Grateful Dead Inducted into MSG Walk of Fame |last=Bernstein |first=Scott |date=May 11, 2015 |website=JamBase |access-date=April 16, 2019 }}</ref> Each inductee is commemorated with a plaque that lists the performance category in which his or her contributions have been made.<ref name=":0" /> Twenty-five athletes were inducted into the MSG Walk of Fame at its inaugural ceremony in 1992, a black-tie dinner to raise money to fight multiple sclerosis.<ref name="Seattle Time Sept12_92">{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=September 12, 1992 |title=Madison Square Garden Gets Walk of Fame |url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19920912&slug=1512564/ |work=The Seattle Times |location=Seattle, Washington, USA |access-date=April 16, 2019 }}</ref> Elton John was the first entertainer to be inducted into the MSG Walk of Fame in 1992.<ref name="Cape Breton Post Oct9_2010">{{cite news |date=October 9, 2010 |title=This Day in History: October 9: Also on this date in: 1992 |url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/cape-breton-post/20101009/282883727073282/ |work=Cape Breton Post |location=Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada |access-date=April 16, 2019 |via=PressReader }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor=Gregory, Andy |date=2002 |title=International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 |location=London, England |publisher=Europa Publications |isbn=9781857431612 |page=260 See entry "John Elton (Sir)"}}</ref> Billy Joel was inducted at a date after Elton John,<ref name="Courier-News May15_2015">{{cite news |last=Biese |first=Alex |date=May 15, 2015 |title=Long, strange trip to NYC |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30667628/the_couriernews/ |work=The Courier-News |location=Bridgewater, New Jersey, USA |page=2, Kicks section |access-date=April 16, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com }}{{free access}}</ref> and the Rolling Stones were inducted in 1998.<ref name="BB Feb14_98">{{cite magazine |date=February 14, 1998 |title=Artists & Music: Walk This Way|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1998/BB-1998-02-14.pdf#page=12/ |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Howard Lander|page=12 |access-date=April 16, 2019 |via=AmericanRadioHistory }}</ref> In 2015, the Grateful Dead were inducted into the MSG Walk of Fame along with at least three sports-related figures.<ref name="Courier-News May15_2015"/><ref name="Bernstein May 11, 2015"/> [[File:Madison Square Garden court.jpg|thumb|Getting the arena ready for a basketball game in 2005]] 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