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Re: Penn Station

Posted by Wallyhorse on Wed Jan 7 05:56:51 2015, in response to Re: Penn Station, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Jan 7 02:46:09 2015.

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Right!

What many forget it the old Madison Square Garden on 8th-9th Avenues and 49th-50th Street was RAPIDLY becoming obsolete, even in 1962 and certainly by the time it closed in the winter of 1968.

As I noted in another post, had that not happened, even if the old MSG had simply been renovated to bring it up to standards for that time, given how much power Sonny Werblin had at the time (late 1960's through early '80s), he likely would have steered the Knicks and Rangers to the arena that eventually was built for the Nets (Byrne Meadowlands Arena, now the IZOD center) that likely would have opened with the Sports Complex in time for the 1976-'77 season (as opposed to 1981 when it actually did open). THAT would have been looked at as a MUCH bigger crime than the tearing down of Penn Station.

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