Manhattan Community Board 5 made its resolve clear on Thursday night: they want Madison Square Garden relocated to make way for a new Penn Station.
The board’s vote came in response to MSG’s application for a permit allowing the stadium to operate at its location above the crowded transit hub in perpetuity. The board nixed this plan, instead resolving to give the arena three years to relocate.
“The issue with Madison Square Garden here is that it is really a true impediment to Penn Station,” said Layla-Law Gisiko, chair of the board’s Land Use, Housing and Zoning Committee, who spearheaded the resolution on the matter.“The special permit process is not about whether Madison Square Garden should move, and we have no plans to do so,” said an MSG spokesperson
“It is really important to understand that this $8.6 billion includes moving MSG and reconstructing Penn. So it’s both for $8.6. You get the full package,” said Layla-Law Gisiko in the meeting. “Those are pretty crude numbers, but just based on this back-of-the-envelope calculation, there is actually an economic rationale to move Madison Square Garden,” she added later.
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