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! ====Sports==== Madison Square Garden hosts approximately 320 events a year. It is the home to the [[New York Rangers]] of the National Hockey League, and the [[New York Knicks]] of the National Basketball Association. Before 2020, the New York Rangers, New York Knicks, and the Madison Square Garden arena itself were all owned by the Madison Square Garden Company. The MSG Company split into two entities in 2020, with the Garden arena and other non-sports assets spun off into [[Madison Square Garden Entertainment]] and the Rangers and Knicks remaining with the original company, renamed [[Madison Square Garden Sports]]. Both entities remain under the voting control of [[James L. Dolan|James Dolan]] and his family. The arena is also host to the [[Big East men's basketball tournament]] and was home to the finals of the [[National Invitation Tournament]] from the beginning of its existence up until 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hladik |first1=Matt |title=Report: A Major Change Is Coming To The NIT |url=https://thespun.com/college-hoops/report-major-change-nit-semis-finals-moving-msg-2023 |access-date=March 23, 2022 |work=The Spun |date=March 23, 2022}}</ref> It also hosts select home games for the [[St. John's Red Storm men's basketball|St. John's Red Storm]], representing [[St. John's University (New York)|St. John's University]] in men's ([[college basketball]]), and almost any other kind of indoor activity that draws large audiences, such as the [[Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show]] and the [[2004 Republican National Convention]]. The Garden was home of the [[NBA draft]] and [[NIT Season Tip-Off]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Willis |first=George |date=February 11, 2015 |title=MSG will always be the 'Mecca,' no matter how bad things get |url=https://nypost.com/2015/02/11/msg-will-always-be-the-mecca-no-matter-how-bad-things-get/ |access-date=December 29, 2023 |website=New York Post}}</ref> as well as the former New York City home of the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus|Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus]] and [[Disney on Ice]]; all four events are now held at the [[Barclays Center]] in [[Brooklyn]]. It served the [[New York Cosmos (1970β85)|New York Cosmos]] for half of their home games during the [[1983β84 NASL Indoor season]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Yannis|first=Pat|title=Hartford Shift Seen For Indoor Cosmos|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/08/sports/hartford-shift-seen-for-indoor-cosmos.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|via=newyorktimes.com|date=March 8, 1984|access-date=December 22, 2016}}</ref> Many of [[boxing]]'s biggest fights were held at Madison Square Garden, including the [[Roberto DurΓ‘n]]β[[Ken Buchanan]] affair, [[Fight of the Century|the first]] [[Muhammad Ali]] β [[Joe Frazier]] bout and the US debut of [[Anthony Joshua]] that ended in a huge upset when he was beaten by [[Andy Ruiz]]. Before promoters such as [[Don King (boxing promoter)|Don King]] and [[Bob Arum]] moved boxing to [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], Madison Square Garden was a popular location for boxing. The original {{cvt|18+1/2|Γ|18+1/2|ft|m}} ring, which was brought from the second and third generation of the Garden, was officially retired on September 19, 2007, and donated to the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] after 82 years of service.<ref>Baker, Mark A. (2019). ''Between the Ropes at Madison Square Garden, The History of an Iconic Boxing Ring, 1925β2007''. {{ISBN|978-1476671833}}.</ref> A {{cvt|20|Γ|20|ft|m}} ring replaced it beginning on October 6 of that same year.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fine|first=Larry|date=September 19, 2007|title=Madison Square Garden ring out for count after 82 years|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-boxing-ring-idUSN1928248120070919}}</ref> The [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] has made Madison Square Garden in recent years and have put on some of the highest grossing PPV events in history. 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