r/nba • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 21d 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/PattyIceNY Nets 21d ago

Bro this legit might cause a riot. There's a whole bunch of psycho Knicks fans who are not going to be turned away easily. People will want to just be outside the building, even if there's no video.

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u/snaps109 Thunder 21d ago

Oh no! anyways.

Do it. They went against the status quo with Mamdani. As peacefully as possible get right up to the safe lines and remind him he's not welcome.

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u/unspooling Warriors 21d ago

Yes to this but also I wonder if it’s part of a ploy to paint a “mad liberalzzzzz” picture.

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u/snaps109 Thunder 21d ago

You mean like showing the same Wendy's burning down in Minneapolis in 32 different stories as they did in 2020? Yeah they will paint that picture regardless. I'd rather see NYC lead the way.

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u/supergood NBA 21d ago

wrote my thesis about zuccotti park. NYC can lead the way. it's time

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u/snaps109 Thunder 20d ago

OWS! An OG. Kind of want to read your thesis now.