Madison Square Garden, L.P., is a
United States based
entertainment promotion company and
live entertainment subsidiary of
Cablevision Systems Corporations. The company is expected to be
spun-off from Cablevision by the end of 2009.
Divisions
In addition to owning the
Madison Square Garden arena in
Manhattan,
New York City, Madison Square Garden, L.P. is divided into three entities.
MSG Sports is the division that manages the four sports team assets. These include the
NBA New York Knicks and
WNBA New York Liberty basketball teams, and the
NHL New York Rangers and
AHL Hartford Wolf Pack ice hockey teams.
MSG Media controls the company's
cable television channels. These include the
regional sports networks MSG Network and
MSG Plus (including overflow channels MSG2 and MSG+2), as well as the
music-oriented
fuse channel.
MSG Entertainment is the operating arm of the company. It controls live events at its own
Madison Square Garden and the
WaMu Theatre. In addition to the Garden itself, MSG Entertainment owns the rights to operate two theaters in Manhattan:
Radio City Music Hall and the
Beacon Theatre. In 2008, they took over operations of the
Chicago Theatre, marking the first time MSG has operated a facility outside New York City area. It produces the
Radio City Christmas Spectacular (starring the
Rockettes), both at
Radio City and in venues around the United States.
Madison Square Garden, L.P. used to operate the Hartford Civic Center (now the
XL Center), an indoor arena in
Hartford, Connecticut and
Rentschler Field, a
stadium in
East Hartford under contract with the state of Connecticut until the 2007 season when it was replaced by Northland/
Anschutz Entertainment Group.
Officers
- Hank J. Ratner - Vice-Chairman
- Donnie Walsh - President, Basketball Operations - New York Knicks
- Glen Sather - President and General Manager - New York Rangers
- Steve Mills - President and Chief Operating Officer - MSG Sports
