Madison Square Garden hosts 320 events a year and is home to the New York Knicks basketball team and New York Rangers hockey team, who play their home matches at the Garden, the teams being owned by the Garden itself.
Hockey games allow a Garden capacity of 18,200. Basketball generates a capacity of 19,763, and concerts see a passionate 20,000 fans at center stage, and as many as 19,522 end-stage. The arena covers 20,976 square feet of MSG floor space.
Seating in Madison Square Garden today is organized via five levels, beginning at the lowest level. This is known as "rink-side" or "court-side" depending on the sport being played. The second level is the First Promenade, and the third level is called the Second Promenade. the fourth level is known as the First Balcony and the fifth and highest level is termed the Second Balcony.
In days gone by, the Garden was notorious for the outbreaks of violence in the crowd, particularly during New York Rangers games. The ushers working Rangers games had a noted bias: They would allow New Yorkers to land a few free kicks or punches on the opposition, before these hapless visitors were dragged off and probably kicked out onto the streets of Manhattan.
These days, the venue has recovered to a large extent, with the denizens of the 400 level the one remaining section responsible for antagonizing visiting fans with chants and songs. The 400 level, once known as the "blue seats" still attracts working-class New Yorkers, who love nothing more than a rowdy night out at the game.

Both Madison Square Garden and The Theater at Madison Square Garden are located on Seventh Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets.

Directions by train are as follows:

Long Island Railroad, New Jersey Transit, Amtrak to Penn Station.

From Westchester/Connecticut: Metro-North to Grand Central Station, subway shuttle to Times Square to 1, 2, or 3 subway trains downtown one stop.

Direction from the subway are as follows:
1, 2, or 3 (Seventh Avenue Lines), A, C or E (Eighth Avenue Subway) to 34th Street/Penn Station.
Also B, D, F, N, Q, R or Path to 34th Street/Avenue of the Americas (one block away).