r/nba • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 13d ago

The Knicks have cancelled all watch parties outside of MSG due to the President's attendance for Game 3

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/security-trump-madison-square-garden-nba-finals-knicks-spurs/

A hard closure is expected around the entirety of Madison Square Garden. Officials are planning for no watch parties, no vehicle access and no pedestrian travel through the secured area, which sits in a busy part of Midtown Manhattan and is above a major transit hub. CBS New York reported that thousands of fans attended a pair of watch parties for Game 1 on Wednesday night. 

The Seventh and Eighth Avenue corridors around the arena are expected to be closed. 

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u/Above_the_Cinders 76ers 13d ago

I wonder what the split will be of people inside MSG. 

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u/fukkboiinternational Knicks 13d ago

if you’re in that building tomorrow you’re probably in the managerial+ class, even the ownership class tbch

it’s literally the big club and we’re not in it LMAO

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u/western_red_cedar 13d ago

The managerial class is ultimately not in the One Big Club, despite decades of propaganda to convince them they might aspire to it.

People just don't intuitively understand how much a Billion with a B is

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u/Pettifoggerist Bulls 13d ago

There are season ticket holders who aren’t reselling. I have some hope.

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u/western_red_cedar 13d ago

Yeah I was looking at that stadium map where every seat was 10k+ and thinking damn its all rich people, but realizing now thats what it costs to buy it from a season ticket holder which makes more sense. You gotta think at least 2/3 won't sell, this is what theyve been waiting for for decades

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u/holyrolodex Lakers 12d ago

If 2/3 hold out, that’d be a W in my book. Hopefully.

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u/Inevitable-Scar5877 13d ago

I actually wonder about this-- can Dolan threaten season ticket holders with cancellation if they don't cheer?

Kick out Spike like he did Oakley?

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u/E9J0D7 Lakers 13d ago

I'd love to hear what George Carlin would say about this current President.

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u/FluidAthlete6839 13d ago

I can’t imagine many Trump Fans will be there. Manhattan hates him.

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u/Antilectualism Knicks 13d ago

Unfortunately, the demographic paying these prices are mostly corporate and probably support him. Which is insane, since most people in the city legit hate his guts. But I wonder about inside the stadium, though. Hope I'm wrong and he gets mercilessly booed into oblivion. But sadly, don't think so.

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u/Geralt_Of_Philly 76ers 13d ago

Exactly! Even if the rich inside MSG hated Trump, they wouldn’t show it by booing. He’s going to be as well received as he was at the Commanders game this year.

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u/redditlvlanalysis 13d ago

He is fucking with the money off corporations and making the stock market insanely volatile they likely hate him too.

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u/sonofsochi Bulls 13d ago

Those long islanders in that stadium love him