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CopperTom

Madison Square Garden has hosted some of the biggest benefit concerts in history, including “The Concert for Bangladesh,” which was the first benefit concert of its kind, “The Concert for New York City” following the events of 9/11 and “From the Big Apple to the Big Easy: New York City’s Concert for the Gulf Coast” following Hurricane Katrina. But the largest event of all was “12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief,” which raised $50 million for the cause.

erocshifty

Hope you score a ticket!

Led Zeppelin's concert from February 12, 1975 at MSG is an excellent bootleg. The version I found online is a great soundboard recording called "The Flying Circus". Robert mentions how beautiful the city looks in the snow at one point during the show. 

https://www.ledzeppelin.com/show/february-12-1975

CopperTom

hedonist

You know, you're overlooking perhaps one of the best MSG-related episodes ever.

Kramer: Don't you see? There's always been something very strange about Jerry, always so clean and organized. Do I have to spell it out for you? The limo?  The name? The rally at Madison Square Garden? Jerry, O'Brien are the same person. Jerry is the leader of the Aryan Union!

nicknyr15

Greatest iso thread ever bump 

erocshifty

Live @ The Garden has awesome artwork BUMP. 

CP218430

Good Luck bump. Lots of time still. 

DarthOverlord

I'm looking for a single as well, but you deserve a bump ahead of me.....for now. 😈

CopperTom

During Judas Priest’s 1984 tour performance, the audience ripped apart the foam seats and threw them onstage, causing over a quarter of a million dollars in damage to the venue. The group were banned from performing there again.

CopperTom

MSG wasn’t directly named after the 4th President, James Madison.  It adopted the name of the Madison Square, a park located between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue at 23rd Street – the location of MSG’s first structure.

CopperTom

MSG IV was built after the Pennsylvania Railroad tore down the above-ground portions of Pennsylvania Station. The new structure was one of the first of its kind to be built above the platforms of an active railroad station.

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission was created in 1965, following the public outcry after the destruction of Pennsylvania Station, an outstanding example of Beaux-Arts architecture, to make way for the construction of the current Madison Square Garden.

Lerxst1992

CopperTom said:

MSG IV was built after the Pennsylvania Railroad tore down the above-ground portions of Pennsylvania Station. The new structure was one of the first of its kind to be built above the platforms of an active railroad station.

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission was created in 1965, following the public outcry after the destruction of Pennsylvania Station, an outstanding example of Beaux-Arts architecture, to make way for the construction of the current Madison Square Garden.

Little known to non New Yorkers and younger generations, MSG is the reason that perhaps the most visually stunning train station of all time was demolished. In its wake an arena that has led to perhaps one of the worst neighborhoods within the magnificence of midtown.  Even Hells Kitchen is becoming stunning.

CopperTom

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CP218430

bump for that karma

CopperTom

A year after being named the next figurehead of the Catholic church at the 1978 Papal conclave, Pope John Paul II scheduled a visit to New York to host a youth rally.

What the newly-ordained pope didn’t expect from the audience at Madison Square Garden was the reception he’d receive, as kids of all ages greeted the arrival of the biggest religious “celebrity” of their time with fevered intensity.

The cheers were so deafening that Pope John Paul II couldn’t even begin his program proper until the crowd simmered down several minutes later. Beatlemania this wasn’t, but the celebrated visit by his holy eminence certainly felt like it was.

CopperTom

Fan To Fan begins today. 

CopperTom

The best game ever played at MSG.

Jim Boeheim’s Syracuse Orange squared off against Jim Calhoun’s Connecticut Huskies in the quarterfinal stage of the Big East Tournament, which ended up becoming the longest game in conference history. Syracuse needed six overtimes (!) to beat UConn, 127-117, with the game lasting past 1:00 AM Eastern Time.

Although the Orange didn’t win the Big East title nor the national championship that season, this marathon of a contest remains as a truly impressive showcase in college basketball lore.

CopperTom

No F2F bump :(

CopperTom

The arena floor is actually the FIFTH floor of the building - and it is supported by really, really big springs.