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The Garden to Get a New Look

$500 million in renovations set to begin spring of next year

By Jamie Buss, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 4, 2008 8:47 AM CDT

(Newser) – Madison Square Garden is getting a $500-million overhaul. After pulling out of a plan to build a new arena as part of a new Penn Station project a few blocks away, Cablevision, the Garden's owners, unveiled a renovation plan yesterday. The work is slated... Read full story »

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