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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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Strange? It's only colour for the conversation. Did you feel I was being confrontational?
Of course it's apples to lawn mowers, in consideration to land value, and market.