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MORE ON THE FUTURE OF MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

Coming off WWE's red-hot Smackdown event at Madison Square Garden this past Friday, The New York Daily News reported that the process of MSG receiving a new permit from New York in order to continue operations has inched forward.  There's been the threat that the legendary arena would be forced to move to another, as of yet unknown, location in NYC in order for Penn Station, the train hub that operates underneath, to be modernized and improved.

The Daily News report notes The Department of City Planning is recommending a new 10-year operating permit for Madison Square Garden, but with an agreement that MSG works to make sure their building and property are compliant with the changes and modernization done to the train station. 

There has also been a push to have the Garden's 4,500 seat theater (formerly the Felt Forum) removed as part of the changes.  That venue used to host closed circuit WWF events as well as having hosted live events over the years for WWE NXT, WCW and GLOW.  There are some opposed to that move, feeling that the money needed to pay MSG owner James Dolan for the destruction of that part of the property would be too costly.

A vote is scheduled for tomorrow.

 

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