Madison Square Garden (1879)
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This article is about the former New York arena. For other uses, see Madison Square Garden (disambiguation).
Madison Square Garden (1879–1890) was an arena in New York City at the northeast corner of East 26th Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan. The first venue to use that name, it seated 10,000 spectators. It was replaced with a new building on the same site.
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Full name | Madison Square Garden |
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Location | New York City, New York |
Coordinates | 40°44′34″N 73°59′08″W |
Owner | William Kissam Vanderbilt |
Operator | William Kissam Vanderbilt |
Capacity | 10,000 |
Construction | |
Built | 1874[1] |
Opened | May 31, 1879 |
Closed | 1890 |
Demolished | 1890 |
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