Madison Square Garden (demolished 1890)
Madison Square Garden is a multi purpose in Manhattan, United States that opened in 1879. Its recorded capacity is 10,000.
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Key facts
Madison Square Garden is a multi purpose in Manhattan, United States that opened in 1879. Its recorded capacity is 10,000. It is owned by William Kissam Vanderbilt I. It is operated by William Kissam Vanderbilt I. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name.
- Location
- Manhattan, United States
- Type
- Multi purpose
- Capacity
- 10,000
- Opened
- 1879
- Status
- Demolished
- Current owner
- William Kissam Vanderbilt I
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
Madison Square Garden is at latitude 40.742778, longitude -73.985556, in Manhattan, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 40.742778 |
| Longitude | -73.985556 |
| City | Manhattan |
| Region | Manhattan |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | William Kissam Vanderbilt I | 1874 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | William Kissam Vanderbilt I | 1874 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
Tenants
No tenants are recorded for this venue.
Recorded changes
5 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 38035 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 38034 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | opened_year | 1874 | 1879 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1374252221 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Madison_Square_Garden_(1879) | Madison Square Garden (1879) | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: