Marc Berman of the New York Post was recently given a tour of the transformation and says that the Garden will be unrecognizable when complete. Read his full piece here...
But the first phase is ahead of schedule. The first summer was supposed to cover just the lower bowl. However, it appears some “blue-seaters’’ in the upper reaches behind the basket on the Eighth Avenue end will have a treat with an expanded new concourse. As for the sixth-floor concourse, it is a whopping change: three times the width, and featuring a bank of windows that gives a view of the old Post Office and Eighth Avenue, making yourself truly feel amidst the bright lights of the big city.
The one down note is the famous Garden tunnel in which Willis Reed once hobbled through during the 1970 Finals has been eliminated. The players now enter the court [and rink] from the corners. Patrons of the Delta Club will have a bird’s eye view through a window of their entrance.
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