OT: Madison Square Garden Renovations (Part VI)

[PlamsUnlimited]

I must say, I imagine a baby punisher. Like a punisher of babies. I'm sick and wrong.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

I want to see what the new scoreboard looks like already!!

They have done a very good job of hiding this information. I'm sure the equipment will get provided by Daktronics, but there's no hint of it on their website either.

 

[Baby Punisher]

I must say, I imagine a baby punisher. Like a punisher of babies. I'm sick and wrong.

Depending on the day it can go either way.

 

[GordonGecko]

I want to see what the new scoreboard looks like already!!

 

[broadwayblue]

I don't think he was asking for the view of the scoreboard from rows 15 and up. lol

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

Sooner or later it had to be done.

 

[Baby Punisher]

Sooner or later it had to be done.

That's exactly the way I pictured it in my mind.

 

[ChipAyten]

I hope the screen is as half as good as the Bell Centre's

 

[GordonGecko]

Sooner or later it had to be done.

This is why this site needs a reputation points system

 

[ThisYearsModel]

Sooner or later it had to be done.

Awesome! LOL!

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

Lol

I love how all of the people on the bridge are casually chatting away, not concerned with the fact that they are barely pushing 7" tall.

Drinks must be good up there.

 

[Kane One]

Lol

I love how all of the people on the bridge are casually chatting away, not concerned with the fact that they are barely pushing 7" tall.

Drinks must be good up there.

Awesome picture.

And this is pretty much how it is on the West Balcony in the bar stools. The actual seats there are awesome, but if you're in the top row (what's that, like the second row?), you could hear everyone just BSing behind you about **** that has nothing to do with the game.

 

[nyrmetros]

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/08/12/Facilities/MSG-premium.aspx

The north bridge has 355 ticketed seats. The south bridge will have 75 seats available for purchase and a portion reserved for media, Howard said.

As of last week, MSG had not announced bridge seat pricing. Because of the uniqueness of the seating product, the Garden made the decision to go through its normal season-ticket renewal process before putting the bridge seats on sale, arena officials said.

Similar to the group lounges, the bridge seats will be made available for partial ticket plans, group packages and single games. They will also be sold for concerts.

 

[NYRFAN218]

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/08/12/Facilities/MSG-premium.aspx

The north bridge has 355 ticketed seats. The south bridge will have 75 seats available for purchase and a portion reserved for media, Howard said.

As of last week, MSG had not announced bridge seat pricing. Because of the uniqueness of the seating product, the Garden made the decision to go through its normal season-ticket renewal process before putting the bridge seats on sale, arena officials said.

Similar to the group lounges, the bridge seats will be made available for partial ticket plans, group packages and single games. They will also be sold for concerts.

According to that article, the bridge and balcony will add 730 seats. That plus the seats added in the 200's due to the media moving will probably be the 1,000 that gets us back to 18,200.

 

[ban]

I bought a group of 40 for Dec 22, v Islanders, $140 each, on the bridge. Looks like 2 rows of seats, 1 row of bar stools (at least that is what I got)

 

[ChipAyten]

random and off topic but since arthur ashe is going to be covered it'd be interesting to see hockey played there, probably wont though

 

[GordonGecko]

random and off topic but since arthur ashe is going to be covered it'd be interesting to see hockey played there, probably wont though

Hockey won't fit, but what I've always wondered is why they never had boxing there. It would be the most perfect venue. My guess is that they're so rich & snobby they don't give a crap about using the place for anything other than tennis.

 

[superyan]

I bought a group of 40 for Dec 22, v Islanders, $140 each, on the bridge. Looks like 2 rows of seats, 1 row of bar stools (at least that is what I got)

Can I ask what section? I thought the north bridge was just for mini plans.

 

[dubidubidu]

Hockey won't fit, but what I've always wondered is why they never had boxing there. It would be the most perfect venue. My guess is that they're so rich & snobby they don't give a crap about using the place for anything other than tennis.

It really is interesting that a perfectly good venue with a decent capacity is completely empty for all but 2 weeks of the year. I always thought it would be the perfect venue for concerts and boxing. I didn't realize it's not owned by the Parks Dept. like Shea was.

 

[GordonGecko]

edit: wrong thread

 

[ban]

Can I ask what section? I thought the north bridge was just for mini plans.

315 and 316

 

[NYRFAN218]

Not the best pictures but you can see the glass doors and what the new lobby looks like from the outside. They took down the temporary wall though it's all still blocked off from entering obviously.

EDIT - Don't know why the pics are sideways. Oh well.

 

[Crease]

It really is interesting that a perfectly good venue with a decent capacity is completely empty for all but 2 weeks of the year. I always thought it would be the perfect venue for concerts and boxing. I didn't realize it's not owned by the Parks Dept. like Shea was.

Yea it's owned by the USTA. The field courts are open to the public but the stadium courts are for pro-use only. USTA is a non-profit so unless they become cash-starved I don't see them opening up the venue to non-tennis related events. They did host a basketball game once.

 

[The Gloaming]

Yea it's owned by the USTA. The field courts are open to the public but the stadium courts are for pro-use only. USTA is a non-profit so unless they become cash-starved I don't see them opening up the venue to non-tennis related events. They did host a basketball game once.

It's too bad. The complex is great and Arthur Ashe has really great sight lines.

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

This is an assumption on my part, but since Panasonic won the bid for the new scoreboard (you see their name all over the scoreboard in the renderings), we'll see something similar to the following designs built by Panasonic that are new to the league.

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6829422-staples-center-unveils-new-scoreboard

http://pantherparkway.com/2013/05/23/new-panthers-scoreboard-ready-to-go-for-2013-2014-season/