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MSG main entrance.
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Madison Square Garden—located between seventh and eighth avenues from 31st street to 33rd street, — is the world’s most famous arena. MSG opened on February 11, 1968 it is now the oldest sporting facility in NY, the oldest arena on the National Hockey League and the second oldest arena in the National Basketball League. The Garden is one of three busiest music arenas in terms ticket sales.

Miguel Cotto vs Antonio Margarito.
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MSG is used for professional basketball and ice hockey, as well as circuses, ice shows, concerts, and other entertainments. Most events that take place in Madison Square Garden are sold out because top celebrities perform, or either people just want to go to experience something different. In addition the N.Y.P.D Academy, Baruch College and Yeshiva University also hold their annual graduation ceremonies there.

One of the two sky bridges in MSG.
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The Garden is on a three-year off season renovation that has an estimated expense close to 1 billion dollars. The reason for this renovation is to modernize the Garden with an advance technology system, such as new lighting and LED video systems with HDTV and to give the Garden a unique look compared to other arenas around the country. Once this renovation is finalized the hottest ticket for any event in Madison Square Garden will be on the two sky bridges across the arena that will have a capacity up to one thousand people.

The clock is on the center of the concourse with a great view or the Tennessee marble floor.
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Having such a huge city with millions of tourists and being a city that is hard to drive in and find parking on, people are constantly traveling on subways and taking buses. However New York City has a big public transportation system that tries to satisfy everyone. The main transportation terminal on the East side is located on 42^nd Street, Grand Central Terminal. This terminal is constantly full because it departs people around the tri-state area.

Here you can see the big windows and the ceiling with the design that was painted.
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Grand Central Station is the largest train station in the world with 67 tracks along them. There are two levels, both below ground, with 41 tracks on the upper level and 26 on the lower level. Grand Central Terminal is consider as the worlds loveliest station and is one of the most visited tourist attraction with approximately 21,000,000 annually. While people are waiting in the main concourse to depart, they are taking pictures or visiting the apple store. In the center of the concourse there is a big clock that catches so much attention and many people stand around it to take pictures. Grand Central Terminal has its unique look with the huge windows, the ceiling has a beautiful design of a god painted by the French artist Paul Helleu, the floor of the concourse is of Tennessee marble, and the walls of Caen stone.

Grand Central Terminal from the outside.
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Grand Central Terminal has  huge stones in the inside and the outside. There are three huge windows that take the whole wall of the terminal. Also what catches a lot of attention is the statue on the middle of the concourse.