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! ===2011β2013 renovation=== Madison Square Garden's $1 billion second renovation took place mainly over three off-seasons. It was set to begin after the 2009β10 hockey/basketball seasons, but was delayed until after the 2010β11 seasons. Renovation was done in phases with the majority of the work done in the summer months to minimize disruptions to the NHL and NBA seasons. While the Rangers and Knicks were not displaced,<ref>the Rangers started the [[2011β12 NHL season]] with seven games on the road before playing their first hom game on October 27.{{cite web |title=Rangers Embrace Daunting Season-Opening Trip |first=Dan |last=Rosen |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=589995 |website=National Hockey League |date=September 26, 2010 |access-date=October 3, 2011}}</ref><ref>The Knicks played the entire [[2012β13 NBA season|2012 NBA preseason]] on the road.{{cite news |title=Knicks preseason schedule announced |first=Jared |last=Swerling |url=http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/23494/knicks-preseason-schedule-announced |publisher=ESPN |date=August 2012 |access-date=October 25, 2012}}</ref> the Liberty played their home games through the 2013 season at [[Prudential Center]] in [[Newark, New Jersey]], during the renovation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msgtransformation.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201021217/http://www.msgtransformation.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 1, 2010|title=Madison Square Garden β Official Web Site}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Madison Square Garden to Add Pedestrian Walkways in Rafters as Part of $775 Million Makeover |first1=Matthew |last1=Bultman |first2=Larry |last2=McShane |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/11/26/2010-11-26_view_from_the_top_madison_square_garden_to_add_pedestrian_walkways_in_rafters.html |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |date=November 26, 2010 |access-date=July 3, 2011 |archive-date=November 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130043105/http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/11/26/2010-11-26_view_from_the_top_madison_square_garden_to_add_pedestrian_walkways_in_rafters.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> New features include a larger entrance with interactive kiosks, retail, climate-controlled space, and broadcast studio; larger concourses; new lighting and LED video systems with HDTV; new seating; two new pedestrian walkways suspended from the ceiling to allow fans to look directly down onto the games being played below; more dining options; and improved dressing rooms, locker rooms, green rooms, upgraded roof, and production offices. The lower bowl concourse, called the Madison Concourse, remains on the sixth floor. The upper bowl concourse was relocated to the eighth floor and it is known as the Garden Concourse. The seventh floor houses the new Madison Suites and the Madison Club. The upper bowl was built on top of these suites. The rebuilt concourses are wider than their predecessors, and include large windows that offer views of the city streets around the Garden.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704198004575310953707358836| title = Cultivating a New Garden| work = Wall Street Journal| author = Scott Cacciola| date = June 17, 2010| access-date = July 23, 2016}}</ref> [[File:MSG Henrik Lundqvist Retirement Night 003.jpg|thumb|The playing surface before a [[New York Rangers]] game and the retirement ceremony of [[Henrik Lundqvist]]]] Construction of the lower bowl (Phase 1) was completed in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 19, 2011|title=First Phase Of Madison Square Garden Renovations Complete|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/first-phase-of-madison-square-garden-renovations-complete/|access-date=January 10, 2024|website=CBS New York|language=en-US}}</ref> An extended off-season for the Garden permitted some advanced work to begin on the new upper bowl, which was completed in 2012. This advance work included the West Balcony on the tenth floor, taking the place of sky-boxes, and new end-ice 300 level seating. The construction of the upper bowl along with the Madison Suites and the Madison Club (Phase 2) were completed for the 2012β13 NHL and NBA seasons.<ref>{{Cite web|last=DeLessio|first=Joe|date=August 9, 2012|title=Hey, So, How's That Madison Square Garden Renovation Going?|url=https://nymag.com/daily/sports/2012/08/hey-so-hows-that-msg-renovation-going.html|access-date=January 10, 2024|website=New York Magazine|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=August 12, 2012|title=An Inside Look At Madison Square Garden's Latest Renovations|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/an-inside-look-at-madison-square-gardens-latest-renovations/|access-date=January 10, 2024|website=CBS New York|language=en-US}}</ref> Phase 3, which involved the construction of the new lobby known as Chase Square, the Chase Bridges on the 10th floor, and the new scoreboard, was completed for the 2013β14 NHL and NBA seasons.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sandomir|first=Richard|date=October 25, 2013|title=Garden Renovations Come With a Tug of War|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/25/sports/garden-renovations-come-with-a-tug-of-war.html|access-date=January 10, 2024|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=October 15, 2013|title=Madison Square Garden Unveils New 'Sky Bridge' Seats|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/renovated-madison-square-garden-unveils-sky-bridge-seats/|access-date=January 10, 2024|website=CBS New York|language=en-US}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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