Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden is in New York, New York and hosts New York Knicks, New York Rangers. Our venue data lists LGA as the airport for New York.
The world's most famous arena — the fourth Garden, opened in 1968 above Penn Station and rebuilt inside in a 2011-13 renovation.
🏟️ Opened 1968 · Capacity 19,812 for basketball · Capacity 18,006 for hockey
The world's most famous arena — the fourth Garden, opened in 1968 above Penn Station and rebuilt inside in a 2011-13 renovation.
Upcoming events at Madison Square Garden
Schedule data from TheSportsDB, cached 2026-10-30. Ticket and travel links live on each team's page above.
🍴 Eat at the arena
- Carnegie Deli Pastrami Sandwich — A towering pastrami on rye from the last surviving Carnegie Deli outpost anywhere — the Manhattan institution lives on inside the Garden. Find it: Carnegie Deli, Sections 105/106 and 219.
Signature items, verified November 2026 — menus change yearly. More: National Basketball Association arena trips guide.
⭐ Don’t miss
- 🎟️ Madison Square Garden Tour Experience — go behind the scenes. Tours run on their own schedule — check the tour page for dates before you plan around one.
- The Chase Bridges — Two glass-walled bridges hang from the ceiling over the floor and ice — the wildest vantage point in the building, added in the 2013 rebuild.
- The concave ceiling — Look up: the Garden's famous cable-supported concave ceiling is one of a kind — no columns block a single seat.
Beyond the park
- Penn Station, right downstairs — The arena sits directly on top of one of America's busiest rail stations — Amtrak, NJ Transit, the LIRR and two subway hubs all feed into your seat.
Highlights verified November 2026 — tours and exhibits change, so confirm before you go.
Teams at this stadium
- New York Knicks tickets, schedule & travel guide (National Basketball Association)
- New York Rangers tickets, schedule & travel guide (National Hockey League)
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