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3rd Madison Square Garden opens...
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December 16, 1925
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, December 16, 1925
* 3rd Madison Square Garden opens
* 1st ever hockey game there
This 52 page newspaper has a seven column headline on page 29: "Brilliant Gathering of 17,000 Persons at Formal Opening of Garden"
with subheads that include: "GARDEN IS OPENED IN BLAZE OF COLOR" "17,000 Throng Arena to Attend Formal Inaugural and Greet Pro Hockey" and more.
Tells of the grand opening of the 3rd Madison Square Garden which lasted from 1925 to 1968. This was also the very 1st hockey game played at any of these arenas. Great to have in this New York City title.
Other news of the day. Usual browning with some margin wear, otherwise good.
wikipedia notes: Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four arenas in New York City. It is also the name of the entity which owns the arena and several of the professional sports franchises which play there. There have been four incarnations of the arena. The first two were located at the northeast corner of Madison Square (Madison Avenue and 26th Street) from which the arena derived its name. Subsequently a new 17,000-seat Garden (opened December 15, 1925) was built at 50th Street and 8th Avenue, and the current Garden (opened February 14, 1968) is at 7th Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station. One Penn Plaza stands at the side.
The arena lends its name to the Madison Square Garden Network, and sister channel MSG Plus, two cable television networks that broadcast most sporting events that are held in the Garden, as well as concerts and entertainment events that have taken place at the venue. In 2007 the Arena came second as 'World's Busiest Arena' after the M.E.N. in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Madison Square Garden also refers to itself in its advertising campaigns as "The World's Most Famous Arena."
Category: The 20th Century
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