Madison Square Garden (demolished 1968)
Madison Square Garden is a arena in Manhattan, United States that opened in 1925. Its recorded capacity is 18,496.
Key facts
Madison Square Garden is a arena in Manhattan, United States that opened in 1925. Its recorded capacity is 18,496. It is owned by Tex Rickard and Tex Rickard. It is operated by Tex Rickard and Tex Rickard. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are New York Rangers, St. John's Redmen, National Invitation Tournament, New York Knicks, New York Americans, New York Americans, New York Rangers, New York Knicks.
- Location
- Manhattan, United States
- Type
- Arena
- Capacity
- 18,496
- Opened
- 1925
- Status
- Demolished
- Current owner
- Tex Rickard, Tex Rickard
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
Madison Square Garden is at latitude 40.7624, longitude -73.9877, 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 | 40.7624 |
| Longitude | -73.9877 |
| 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 | Tex Rickard | 1925 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Tex Rickard | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Tex Rickard | 1925 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Tex Rickard | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Rangers | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| St. John's Redmen | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| National Invitation Tournament | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| New York Knicks | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| New York Americans | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| New York Americans | Not mapped | 1925 to present | Current | Source |
| New York Rangers | Not mapped | 1925 to present | Current | Source |
| New York Knicks | Not mapped | 1925 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
19 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | New York Celtics | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | New York Celtics | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34773 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 3261 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 3012 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 3011 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1374252217 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Madison_Square_Garden_(1925) | Madison Square Garden (1925) | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22244 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22243 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22242 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22241 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22240 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22239 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15111 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15110 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15109 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15108 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15107 | 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: