Mamdani Approves 1,000-Person Ticketed Game 4 Watch Party as MSG Blasts Security Perimeter
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Updated · New York Daily News · Jun 10
Mamdani Approves 1,000-Person Ticketed Game 4 Watch Party as MSG Blasts Security Perimeter
3 articles · Updated · New York Daily News · Jun 10
Summary
Mayor Mamdani said New York will allow a ticketed Game 4 watch party outside Madison Square Garden, reversing Monday’s cancellation and routing entry through a single access point at West 33rd Street and Sixth Avenue.
The city and NYPD will still impose a frozen-zone perimeter from West 29th to 35th streets, with screening for everyone entering and bans on bags, alcohol and umbrellas.
MSG attacked the plan as unnecessary because President Trump is not expected at Game 4, saying the restrictions hurt fan celebrations and nearby small businesses.
Crowd violence drove the tighter controls: about 7,000 fans packed Game 2, 26 people were arrested and an officer was punched; another 21 were detained after unrest at Bryant Park on Monday.
The Game 4 decision remains part of a game-by-game approach after the city first canceled semifinal watch parties over what police called huge, very rough crowds.