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Madison Square Garden (1879–1890) was an arena in New York City at the northeast corner of East 26th Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan. The first venue to use that name, it seated 10,000 spectators.
Aug 3, 2018 · Created by two stars of the era, Stanford White and the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, who later created the nude Diana to sit atop the tower of the White-designed Madison Square Garden,...
Aug 16, 2024 · In 1879, William Kissam Vanderbilt, Cornelius’ grandson, renamed the venue Madison Square Garden. The venue was used as a velodrome, for multi-day races, and even for a Roman Carnival.
May 31, 2015 · On this day, May 31st, 1879 Gilmore’s Garden officially becomes Madison Square Garden. Gilmore’s Garden was an open-air arena that was leased to band leader Patrick Gilmore in 1876. Gilmore used the venue for flower shows, beauty contests, music concerts, temperance and revival meetings and the first Westminster Club Dog Show.
The current Madison Square Garden Complex, located between 31st and 33rd Streets and 7th and 8th Avenues on Manhattan’s West Side, opened on February 11, 1968 with a salute to the U.S.O. hosted by Bob Hope and Bing Crosby.
Madison Square Garden (1879–1890) was an arena in New York City at the northeast corner of East 26th Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan. The first venue to use that name, it seated 10,000 spectators.
May 7, 1979 · On Memorial Day 1879, it was named Madison Square Garden by William K. Vanderbilt, who took it over. Madison Square Garden No. 1 became a successful sports showplace, and the Horse...
Mar 2, 2018 · The current Madison Square Garden above Penn Station is the fourth entertainment arena with that name in New York City. The Garden's roots trace back to the northeast corner of Madison Square, where the first two Madison Square Gardens stood, starting with the first, built in 1879.
Owned by the Vanderbilt family, William renamed it Madison Square Garden in 1879, continuing to present a variety of shows; boxing, track and field, and Barnum back with the elephant Jumbo. The first building had a capacity of ten thousand and was open-air.
The current Madison Square Garden is the last of four buildings built to host shows and sporting events. The first was opened on May 31, 1879 by William Vanderbilt at 26th St. & Madison Ave. After ten years it was demolished because economically loss-making.
