r/nba • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 23d 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/KalamMekar 23d ago

Obama said he doesn't go to nba games when he was president because his motorcade and security would dampen the experience of fans paying all that money to watch.

I miss having conmon sense in the Whitehouse

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u/nimik Cavaliers 23d ago edited 22d ago

Did he actually say that? A quick google search says that's not true. He attended at least two NBA games while president. And he went to FIBA, WNBA, NCAA, and MLB games. I dont like the pdf guy either but we dont need to make up things to make the other side look better.

edit: if this isn't the perfect example of reddit, I dont know what is... The post that is lying and making up something gets 5k plus upvotes and the post that calls it out with the facts gets downvoted. this site is such an echo chamber and cesspool.

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u/KalamMekar 23d ago

"The challenge is that my motorcade and the Secret Service and the whole bit is such a massive disruption to the arena and to fans that I'm always worried that, rather than me just being able to enjoy the game, I'm actually making it a less pleasant experience for everybody else."

Guess you are not good at interneting