Something everyone in New York realized when the Republican Convention took over the Garden during the W 2004 season and ousted the Lib from the Garden was that, "Oooops! There was no alternative basketball space in the city."
Radio City Music Hall was the sole (gimmick) option. Cute, but really unworkable.
So, you can understand why, with the team being so young and lovable and doing so well, the prospect of two years worth of Madison Square Garden renovations gave every Lib season subscriber agita.
It was clear the work would be done around the Knicks and Rangers' schedule, and the Lib would be shipped off to who-knows-where. I knew of several subscribers from New Jersey and Connecticut who were considering NOT re-upping simply because of the uncertainty -- and the guaranteed inconvenience -- of next year's playing space.
So, some interesting now rumors on Rebkell suggest that one glass of lemonade might be squeezed out of the lemons that is the current state of the economy: the renovations might be delayed.
Radio City Music Hall was the sole (gimmick) option. Cute, but really unworkable.
So, you can understand why, with the team being so young and lovable and doing so well, the prospect of two years worth of Madison Square Garden renovations gave every Lib season subscriber agita.
It was clear the work would be done around the Knicks and Rangers' schedule, and the Lib would be shipped off to who-knows-where. I knew of several subscribers from New Jersey and Connecticut who were considering NOT re-upping simply because of the uncertainty -- and the guaranteed inconvenience -- of next year's playing space.
So, some interesting now rumors on Rebkell suggest that one glass of lemonade might be squeezed out of the lemons that is the current state of the economy: the renovations might be delayed.