Perfect Storm? Knicks May Flee to Izod as Asbestos Rains on Mecca
by Net Income on Nov 2, 2010 4:55 PM EDT
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PrintCablevision is scrambling to find a new home for the Knicks Tuesday after asbestos fell from the ceiling attic at Madison Square Garden Monday night, rendering the World's Most Famous Arena its Most Toxic as well. The Knicks had to cancel a home game with the Magic scheduled for Tuesday night.
Reports circulated that Cablevision might move both teams temporarily to the Izod Center, which the Nets abandoned last April for the NBA's second newest arena, the Prudential Center. The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority said it would welcome the two teams, adding "we are in the business of booking events". As of Tuesday night, the NJSEA said it had not been contacted.
Cablevision has contacted the Prudential Center about hosting the Knicks' next game, vs. the Wizards, Friday night, but the Devils are already scheduled to play Cablevision's Rangers then.
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This is just incredible
After Sheridan’s rant, to have this happen to MSG is the basketball Gods once again tormenting the Knicks for being such a horrid franchise.
ANOTHER GREAT DAY TO BE A NETS FAN!
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
loved your comment on NY Daily News ELoner
MSG challenges Izod for title of…
World’s Most Toxic Arena
by PigDaddy3 on Nov 2, 2010 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
irony is SO beautiful
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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by MrDollarBills on Nov 2, 2010 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions
This story is too perfect to even have anything to respond with. It speaks for itself. The irony is flying around full speed.
It's beautiful
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by MrDollarBills on Nov 2, 2010 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Asbestos problem in NYC?
Tough luck… Could take months (though with Dolan’s money they could accelerate that)
LADIES, AND GENTLEMAN
THE GREATEST ARENA IN THE WORLD, DUH MECCA.
This irony is killing me inside.
Melo? Not for my Favors!
NetsMets4life = Kat Stacks
E A S T R U T H E R F O R D R E P R E S E N T
"A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he saw the world. As he passed through the doorway, he caused a reflection. Evil was born. Evil was born, and followed the boy."
by jrtallent on Nov 2, 2010 5:08 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
N E W J E R S E Y K N I C K E R B O C K E R
B A S K E T B A L L
Melo? Not for my Favors!
NetsMets4life = Kat Stacks
by NetsMets4Life on Nov 2, 2010 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Sheridan: Why would anyone not want to play in the lush rolling meadows of the… uh Meadowlands? The Izod has had the most successful NBA teams inside of it in the past decade.
I was supposed to start but I left my jersey in the locker room, so he got to start...So did you outplay him after that? I won MVP. - Derrick Favors
Sweet, sweet irony...
Hope they inherit any would be course of the Meadowlands.
"Nobody in the league can guard you one-on-one," Johnson bellowed from the sideline. "It's an insult to you if they try."
2-80
+
=
I was supposed to start but I left my jersey in the locker room, so he got to start...So did you outplay him after that? I won MVP. - Derrick Favors
by Maxyboy on Nov 2, 2010 5:11 PM EDT reply actions 7 recs
MSG...ACM*
This story brightened my day. It’s always heart warming when a smile can give ypou a little lift of pleasure. Bwahahahahaha!
- ACM = Asbestos containing Material
Not a win but...
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
by eLonepb on Nov 2, 2010 5:16 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
Damn
I should have thought of this.
Melo? Not for my Favors!
NetsMets4life = Kat Stacks
by NetsMets4Life on Nov 2, 2010 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions
lol, "the sky is falling"...literally
You've gone a million miles... How far'd you get
To that place where you can't remember... And you can't forget
Do you mind if i make this my sbn icon?
mediocrity thy name is Wilpon- jdon (and Billy King-Paul G B)
go for it!
You've gone a million miles... How far'd you get
To that place where you can't remember... And you can't forget
Dont forget
If the Knicks fill the arena, Sheridan will say it is because the Nets sucked.
Then Someone will remind him the Nets Made it to the Finals twice in a row.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
JJ for 3!
Just TWEETED this to Chris Sheridan
Everyone on Twitter should tweet the same thing to his hating ass
@CSheridanESPN Chris, MSG shut down for asbestos. That’s Karma for your PRU/Nets hating article (not nearly as bad as u said). Enjoy IZOD!
by Anthony Perez on Nov 2, 2010 5:20 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
@carmeloanthony Do you really want to play at the asbestos-infested MSG when you can have a BRAND NEW arena in your hometown of BK?
by Anthony Perez on Nov 2, 2010 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Everyone should reply to Sheridan
on twitter and include #sheridansgawden
ANTHONY
Good stuff bro. Let em HAVE IT
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by MrDollarBills on Nov 2, 2010 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Read this somewhere
This is not as easy as sweeping the mess up and moving forward.
based on NYC building codes if asbestos was released into the air the entire building is considered contaminated and subject to remediation and testing before occupancy can be reestablished.
that means tenting the contaminated area, removing the contaminated substances, testing for airborne contaminants and reissuing a certificate of occupancy.
safe to say it may be a while before the garden is considered habitable.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
I Guess Eddy Curry and Stephon Marbury
Weren’t the only Cancers on the team!
by Jack Handy Jr on Nov 2, 2010 5:22 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Maybe they BECAME cancers because of duhmecca....
njlawyer….I smell a class action on behalf of all former cancerous Knicks….1.800.ISIAHNEEDSCASH….
I was supposed to start but I left my jersey in the locker room, so he got to start...So did you outplay him after that? I won MVP. - Derrick Favors
by Maxyboy on Nov 2, 2010 5:29 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
IT'S RAINING ASBESTOS
Melo? Not for my Favors!
NetsMets4life = Kat Stacks
by NetsMets4Life on Nov 2, 2010 5:35 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
"don't "rain" on my parade..."
You've gone a million miles... How far'd you get
To that place where you can't remember... And you can't forget
at least the Knicks players have something to blame all the failure on...
cause you know they won’t take accountability for themselves
Heat check
They installed asbestos at MSG because, the way the Knicks play defense, opponents were always “en fuego”.
by mt57 on Nov 2, 2010 5:37 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs
LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!
I want to make new accounts just to get 3 rec’s on this.
by Anthony Perez on Nov 2, 2010 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I remember Amare said the Knicks are back the teams on fire and the citys on fire
By city does he mean East Ruthorford NJ?
And...here's your New York Knicks...starting line-up...
You've gone a million miles... How far'd you get
To that place where you can't remember... And you can't forget
by aunt-B on Nov 2, 2010 5:43 PM EDT reply actions 19 recs
Is that Eddie curry?
Lmao
"On tools alone, Favors has star potential...The issue for him is that he’s still figuring out the game...But the team that drafts him may have to be patient."
by Andy. on Nov 2, 2010 5:59 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
LOL
Melo? Not for my Favors!
NetsMets4life = Kat Stacks
by NetsMets4Life on Nov 2, 2010 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions
BREAKING NEWS
Eddy Curry pulled a hamstring while trying to squeeze into his hazmat suit. Reports say he’ll miss 6-8 weeks.
by shane gayle on Nov 2, 2010 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
thank you!
I just went to get a Coke so I can snort it out my nose!
by calling all toasters on Nov 2, 2010 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey guys...
Thanks for all the rec’d…I truly am honored!
You've gone a million miles... How far'd you get
To that place where you can't remember... And you can't forget
Thanks for the laugh...
Jay-dub…I can truly use one today…
You've gone a million miles... How far'd you get
To that place where you can't remember... And you can't forget
incredible post aunt-b
you killed the Knicks with that
I want to go say hi to my friends at P & T
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by MrDollarBills on Nov 3, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
send them my love :)
You've gone a million miles... How far'd you get
To that place where you can't remember... And you can't forget
"Asbestos Rains on Mecca"
1 plague down…only 9 to go…
You've gone a million miles... How far'd you get
To that place where you can't remember... And you can't forget
DAH MECCAH
Have fun playing in that dump, you pack of BUMS
Dolan can go do something unspeakable to himself
hey tim check the new sig
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love the sig...
you should be president of the movement….
You've gone a million miles... How far'd you get
To that place where you can't remember... And you can't forget
All those in "FAVOR"
Say “I”.
I
"Nobody in the league can guard you one-on-one," Johnson bellowed from the sideline. "It's an insult to you if they try."
2-80
KARMA
Karma is a b#%ch. I have a hard time believing the Knicks didn’t help finance (covertly, of course) the opposition to the Nets new arena.
I guess we’ll need to put a new “Blueprint for Greatness” billboard in the swamps – right across from the Knicks new “home.”
by nynjlawyer on Nov 2, 2010 5:57 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I admit, its a little gross
to think of Dolan hanging his banners in our old gym.
"Nobody in the league can guard you one-on-one," Johnson bellowed from the sideline. "It's an insult to you if they try."
2-80
Yes, they can have our trash.
I agree.
"Nobody in the league can guard you one-on-one," Johnson bellowed from the sideline. "It's an insult to you if they try."
2-80
you can bet...
your sweet “as-bestos” it is!
You've gone a million miles... How far'd you get
To that place where you can't remember... And you can't forget
2 Samuel 1:25
“How the mighty have fallen!”
You've gone a million miles... How far'd you get
To that place where you can't remember... And you can't forget
NYC DEP says false alarm
Wonder how much that cost Dolan to make them say.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
Haha
YOU
US
WE
NOW
MUST SEE THE CLINIC
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
by eLonepb on Nov 2, 2010 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Amare is thinking...
Every time I play at The Mecca…I get all choked up…
You've gone a million miles... How far'd you get
To that place where you can't remember... And you can't forget
LMAO
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by MrDollarBills on Nov 3, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
TRUEHOOPS SLAMS MSG!
The anti-Sheridan article
“It’s Madison Square freaking Garden! It’s the world’s most famous arena.”
The implication is that it is, of course, amazing. NBA players and all kinds of people talk like that. And it’s a no-brainer that a huge stadium in the middle of Manhattan would be home to one miracle after another. Woody Allen, Spike Lee, Denzel Washington … even the audience is luminous.
But let’s be clear: The building itself? It’s about as banal as any in the world. Once I got inside — with a credential as an intern for a radio station as a college junior — I was overwhelmingly underwhelmed. That was the better part of two decades ago, and even then it was, frankly, ratty. NBA stadiums these days are nice! Wide concourses, windows, ample bathrooms. The Garden has the vibe of an overcrowded 1960s middle school, complete with busted escalators, colors that haven’t been cool since the building opened in 1968, and paper towels drifting around in the hallways.
People are attached to the building because of the history that has been made there. Every great rock performer, all those athletes … the performances have been legendary. But people who say the magic comes from the building itself should have their heads examined.
And perhaps, now, their lungs too.
http://espn.go.com/blog/TrueHoop/post/_/id/21043/off-to-the-knicks-game-or-not
You have to love the irony in this...
It will be interesting to see if they have to play in the IZOD.
Section 2 @ the Rock
LOL lets see
how many sellouts or how full izod will be with all those new yorkers having to drive to IZOD! LMAO…
I was reading Jayson Williams's book today
I dug it up out of the bookshelf. He said St. John’s used to have early morning shoot arounds at the Garden, and there would be wildcats on the floor. Not Kentucky Wildcats, actual wildcats. Wildcats are better than rats I suppose.
by J-Nasty on Nov 2, 2010 7:08 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Actually Proky is probably loving this
Knicks fans will come out to see the arena. If they like it and it is easily accessable, this helps Proky’s plan.
Proky is probably thanking MSG for this blunder.
If the Dolans were smart they should bite the bullet and go to IZOD because if Knick fans like the Rock more people might convert.
Isiah's fault, no doubt!
I blame this problem on Isiah Thomas, with an assist from Dolan, idiots both.
Let them enjoy the IZOD center!
Paul from Delray Beach
lol you guys where killing me coming back from NY on the bus from work
People looking at me laughing at my phone but I mean seriously even the stars who are coming out to our games Sheridan should now write an article about the 42 yr old MSG but he’s not because his puppet master Dolan would not allow it.
http://twitter.com/NYPost_Berman
new guy hating on NETS
Dude straight up called us "jokers" and "disgraceful"
sounds like somebody should get a new job.
Melo? Not for my Favors!
NetsMets4life = Kat Stacks
by NetsMets4Life on Nov 2, 2010 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
They will eventually come back there
Don’t count out MSG being unused forever after this. The Dolans will be able to get them back there the moment it’s done. They will never leave what they believe is their shrine. Of course I doubt after what happens, they will give an excuse to tear it down to build the Moyniham Station that has been left on life support. As for that report, it might be over 40 years old, but it has still shown to be a known venue with so many world events that even the Barclays Center could not surpass. The Knicks and Rangers could also use Radio City Music Hall like the Liberty did, though I don’t see how they could put up hockey there as they were able to for baskettball when the Liberty played there when they were unable to use MSG when the RNC was there back in 2004.
why do you guys care? it is PATHETIC!
IF THERE WERE ASBESTOS IN PRUDENTIAL…. no knick fan would care.
btw msg is fine. worry about your own team and not about the knicks.
MSG IS FINE???LOL
YOU GO SPEND THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS THERE TO PROVE YOUR POINT. Some of us may even visit you in the hospital when you are done.
This is JUSTICE!!! Mr GALLO duhMecca. All that talk of how everyone wants to play there. Now seems like you can’t even get your own team to play in there.
The JETS/NETS are coming!
GALLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooOOOOOOoooooooOOO!!!
Dude, be safe going to Knicks game this year.
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by MrDollarBills on Nov 3, 2010 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Gallo, I hope you have your "house in order"...
"Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real"
Tupac Shakur
I love it
just hope no one was exposed.
Don't pay Billy King a severance package.
No-one was exposed - Isiah was sacked - remember?
His embarrassing court case for sexual misconduct another point on the risible Knicks franchise
by Yi Of Little Faith on Nov 3, 2010 7:59 AM EDT up reply actions
LOL @ the Knicks
they tried to call up the Pru to see if they can play their saturday game there
“Nope” was the answer
Go find your own building, you burlap sacks of rotting manure.
I would love to see them play in the Izod. If they can’t pack the house I will LAUGH
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"burlap sacks of rotting manure"
Please stop….My ribs are hurting…
"Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real"
Tupac Shakur
Mr. DB...
I hereby deem you: ’Poet Laureate" of NetsDaily…you do have a way with words!
You've gone a million miles... How far'd you get
To that place where you can't remember... And you can't forget
"burlap sacks of rotting manure"....
Isn’t that the next town down the road from Horse Cave Kentucky?
lol, actually that town is...
UNO…
You've gone a million miles... How far'd you get
To that place where you can't remember... And you can't forget
Liberty already recognized in NJ
For those who have seen the banners outside of the Prudential Center, they already have them for the Liberty, who will be playing there as a temporary venue until the rennovations are done. When I looked at them, they said “Summer Represent” on them as if they were already welcomed compared to how they are shadowed a lot back in NYC. BTW, these banners were up way before the 2011 starts. As for the Knicks and Rangers, if fans don’t drive, they can always take the PANYNJ buses that go there constantly if they can’t use NJ Transit trains.
Well...
If Newark doesn’t end up with a team in the next 3 NBA seasons after the Nets leave, that will be a travesty. Newark wants the NBA and is accommodating them rapidly, an NBA owner has to like that but I don’t think the Maloofs would make a move across the coast.
Knicks/Rangers return on Friday
I was just noticing the sports wire at the bottom of the screen on ESPN and it was mentioned that they will be returning there as the asbestos was not that serious.
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