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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Wow, does this statement come off sounding strange, like the Rangers started playing in the same building they are currently in. The Rangers started in Madison Square Garden III (a completely different building) and played there until 1968. Maybe you're not aware, but the building that is called Madison Square Garden today is actually Madison Square Garden IV - the fourth building that has had the name and in roughly the same location in New York (PT Barnum was in MSG I). The current MSG was opened in 1968 and has undergone two major renovations ($200M in 1991 and $1B+ in 2011). MSG is far from perfect, considering the constraints, but it as state of the art as you get for a renovation. Ironically, there have been multiple plans fora new Garden near the existing one, but they've elected to renovate rather than construct new. I think real estate values for high rises probably makes that land more attractive. Fortunately the Flames don't have that problem.
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Yeah, if they named a new building the Saddledome that wouldn't make it the same building.
If MSG moves it won't be because the Rangers want to, it'll be because the government wants to finally renovate Penn Station (which is directly below MSG) into something other than the dump hole it currently is and pay them to move.