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April 5, 2012
With Golden Gloves at Barclays, Is the Arena Beginning to Overtake MSG? [POLL]
A number of prestigious sports events and concerts are choosing the Barclays Center over Madison Square Garden – will it last?
Prospect Heights Patch
by Jamie Schuh
Oh, please. One is the World's Most Famous Arena, the other is the World's Most Rusty Arena™.
The Brooklyn Paper questioned Monday whether the brand-new Barclays will begin to draw more big events away from Madison Square Garden. There is, after all, the Coaches vs. Cancer basketball tournament that is also being pulled away from MSG when the Brooklyn arena opens, as well as The New York Masters horse-jumping competition. And Manhattan's arena may host Rangers hockey games, but the Islanders will take on the Devils for a one-off game in October.
...Could the Barclays Center overtake Madison Square Garden as New York City’s most prestigious venue? Vote in our poll below, or let us know your thoughts in the comments.
NoLandGrab: In order to "draw more big events away from Madison Square Garden," the Barclays Center will first need to draw a big event away from MSG. Things like the Golden Gloves and Coaches vs. Cancer are peanuts. The Knicks and Rangers sell out 100% of their games, while the Nets and Islanders (who aren't ever moving to the Barclays Center, anyway), rank last and next-to-last in league attendance, respectively. Do we really think Jay-Z isn't going to play the Garden anymore? He's a business, man.
Posted by eric at April 5, 2012 10:27 AM