All vehicles found parked within a 5 block zone around MSG towed out of the area (30th-35th St, 6th-8th Ave) which are completely closed to all traffic except pedestrian ticket holders ahead of Game 3
This just seems annoying for everyone involved
Well there’s one very specific person who isn’t being inconvenienced
Why would Joe Biden do this
Bc “Hussein” Obama told him too
Thanks, Obama!
You are welcome, Redditor.
(I am a professional Barack Obama impersonator.)
I want to know more. So, what do you do, like birthdays and s***?
No
A true statesman if there ever was one.
Obiden strikes again!
Obama back at it again
Obama could just sit courtside. People liked him.
Ironically, Obama literally chose not to go to any NBA games during his presidency, saying, “The challenge is that my motorcade and the Secret Service and the whole bit is such a massive disruption to the arena and to fans that I’m always worried that, rather than me just being able to enjoy the game, I’m actually making it a less pleasant experience for everybody else.” Imagine that kind of self awareness 😂
I like Obama as much as anyone but he did attend a handful of NBA games as President. His quote was specifically about avoiding Finals games.
https://www.nba.com/wizards/news/obamarelease_090227.html
could you imagine if he also showed up 🤣🤣
It would almost cancel out the curse Trump is casting on the team.
Thanks o Bama
Fuck you trump
Can hear the chants now, god he would be pissed. Truth social account would be poppin
شكراً أ وباما
You gotta have that black Obamba mentality
they were literally blaming the recent screwworm invasion on biden just today…
It seems trump is doing this to annoy and assert dominance over New York. Ie “I can and I will”
The whole political movement is just trying to dominate and punish various individuals and demographic groups they dislike (sometimes for very convoluted reasons)
all the fuss to shit the pants in MSG
They voted ‘wrong’ so they must be as cruel as possible
Shitty Dolan inviting him even when he knows it will screw over the fans and citizens.
What a waste of taxpayers resources. I feel so bad for New Yorkers they have to deal with this bullshit
It is. Even without a Knicks game, this is logistically one of the worst places for a presidential visit. Add in NBA finals, first home finals game in 27 years etc and its x100.
God I’m just now realizing he’s probably going to bring the same bullshit to LA for the World Cup and Olympics
Literally the whole conservative platform
All this just so he can get booed relentlessly for 10 minutes and then up and leave like a cranky 3 year old.
I wonder if he’s even aware how unpopular he is these days, he’s in such a bubble.
Would be funny if they have the Arena screen swap between booing at Trump and cheering at Mamdani, would be a fun reaction to see him storm out to.
After he shits his pants
All so one person can make an appearance at the game. I doubt he even stays for the whole thing.
This doesn’t even take into account the police escort that will shut down traffic on the streets and highways from the airport to MSG and back again. They completely shut down entire stretches of highway and road when his motorcade drives through.
I doubt he even knows any of the players lol
Trump brings misery and disaster to everyone in his vicinity.
Everytime I see a video about Manhattan Parking, there are always a bunch of cars illegally parked regardless if it’s a Delivery only zone, rush hour zone, drop off area ect.
Hopefully they will hand a different type of fine for this short term change of parking.
Lots of times, they just move them somewhere else nearby. That’s always fun when you miss a film shoot poster or whatever, and your car’s gone, but it’s not impounded, and nobody knows, since they don’t keep records of that. You just gotta walk around looking for it.
This being midtown, there’s nowhere to fucking park anyway, so who knows where they’re going. Dump ‘em in the East River.
That’s crazy if you have to spiral your way from where the car was parked to find it. Do they at least put a notice so an other parking officer does go wild with it?
They sure don’t!
haaaa
SAS had a pretty good rant about it today, said the inconvenience is insane for the city and he’d be pissed no matter who it was.
Not true, I can think of one person who really enjoys it
The US in a nutshell
Trump’s America: annoying for everyone involved
Is this specifically related to the president being there?? I’ve never been to msg so genuinely no idea.
Really glad we’re going through all this so a guy who doesn’t like basketball can go to the game!
I love what my tax dollars are used for in this country.
Remember when he would repeatedly go from the White House to the Trump tower to regularily jam up NY?
my ex was from wellington, florida. pretty much where palm beach airport. she was flying back after visiting her parents and got stuck on the tarmac for 6 hours bc both xi jinping and trump were leaving mar a lago in separate planes at the same time
No. But I bet new Yorkers do?
This fucker is going to sleep during it. I promise you.
Pft. Probably will no show. Get a head start on Taco Tuesday.
Guaranteed he will shit through it
Aaaaaand he’s asleep
Na those are his prime tweeting hours. Post mid day nap.
Damn, you called it!
Poor Knicks fans have been waiting 237 years for this moment and some Orange guy who wears a diaper is ruining the whole experience for them.
getting the chance to boo him en masse in a relatively enclosed space might be worth it tbh. I just hope all the many Knicks fans cool enough to actually do it didn’t get priced out
Yeah, for a guy who literally never shuts the fuck up, he’s never said one word about basketball, and given who plays basketball, I can’t believe he cares and think that there’s some stunt to be had.
Guarantee he leaves partway in the second quarter.
Worse, tax payers are gonna have to pay the tow companies now too
One wonders why we’re still paying federal taxes at all when our money is so blatantly lining these parasites’ pockets 😅
If Knicks win tonight and all the momentum is in their favor he’s showing up for game 4 for sure.
If Knicks win it all, who here like me thinks Dolan’s gonna let Trump come up with the team and I’d say hold the trophy but I don’t think he can. But he will let him touch it and maybe even let him talk?
This is all Dolan’s doing. He’s the one that invited Trump and accommodated him. He doesn’t give a fuck about his own teams fans.
I want the Knicks to win, I really do, but if they fuck this up I will love this for Dolan.
If they lose tonight, it’s on Dolan 100%.
Yep. Every now and then since am new gen fan am like he ain’t so bad then he does shit like this and I see why old heads hate him.
He’s done disgusting stuff within the past 3 months that have nothing to do with Trump going to the game.
He’s always been a huge nepo baby cornball creep. Thinks his shit don’t stink. He uses his facial hair to create a jawline. He has terrible veneers that look like discount dentures. Still thinks he’s the man because of being born into way too much money. Owned cablevision, owns MSG, etc.
He has a band that he fronts for (naturally) and when The Eagles were on tour and did MSG, he made sure his band opened for them. He’s terrible. Check him out: https://youtu.be/vfawnweTICk?si=XjzlXLchrp7fx4AK
You should see what he does to Knicks fans going to MSG lmao. He literally has you banned if youve said anything negative about him which is why he has everyone facial scanned when they walk in
If we win, Donald is gonna take the credit and show up for game 4 too.
And then join the team for the trophy presentation if they win the series… ugh
And then…. reward them with McDonald’s
We may get to witness the sitting president…steal the NBA championship trophy live on ESPN. What a time to be alive
They’re losing tonight regardless
The sideshow exactly.
I personally would love for this to blow up in his face. If the Knicks win the city turns to Gotham. What happens if they lose?
If they lose they’ll make a sequel to January 6th
January Knicks
When a Knicks fan of 60 years wrote an email to Dolan critical of how he’d been running the team in the midst of the 17-win 2015 season, Dolan accused the fan of being an alcoholic and wrote, “start rooting for the Nets because the Knicks don’t want you.” (source) He’s a gigantic fucking scumbag of an owner.
He’s running a surveillance network inside there too
Donald Trump has zero issue making everyone else miserable so he can shit his pants and fall asleep at a basketball game.
He will 10000% shit his pants
Jokes on you redditor! His pants are always full of shit!
He literally fell asleep lmao
These fence companies and towing companies are eating off this. Might even earn enough to afford a ticket to a game.
The tow trucks say NYPD. So that’s tax dollars.
The towing is all being done by NYPD tow, but 100% guarantee you everyone of those cops are all on around the clock overtime.
They’re charging you for even existing near MSG today.
I’m surprised Mamdani’s allowed to have his watch party at Bryant park, that close to MSG.
Not like someone can snipe trump from Bryant park
I’m waiting on a paycheck to come in and I feel like I should leave this thread
Doing all this just that one guy to fall asleep by the 3rd quarter is something else
Giving him too much credit. He’ll be out like a light before player announcements.
Yeah I’ll be shocked if he stays past the 1st quarter honestly.
That pesky National Anthem just doesn’t bop like the Y.M.C.A
He will get bored and be gone by halftime
He’ll get booed and throw a fit and storm out.
He’s gonna shit himself anyways and fly off to Trump tower
Who could have guessed
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It’s almost like, and stick with me here, politics literally impacts every aspect of your life.
Some people “don’t do politics”, but politics will always do you
And it’s never lubed.
So sick of everyone pretending it doesnt
Even on a non partisan level it does for most people.
That cant be! The government notoriously never does anything ever to anyone ever for any reason at all! Keep that “politics” stuff in the classrooms /s
*keep fascists out of sports
Most of those people never really wanted politics out of sports they wanted left wing politics out of sports.
For not subverting democracy and running for a third and fourth term.
So, no notice, no signs, just decide to impund your vehicle, taking it to god knows where, and god knows how these people will find them, or how much they are going to be charged. Again, no violation if no signage, so just illegal theft of property.
Vehicles will be towed to CECOT at owner’s expense.
Not really sure how Mamdani is allowing this. Bro needs to flex his muscles on this one
Just a reminder: all this security is pure theater if they aren’t stopping the trains from running right under the arena. It’s all just for show. If they’re really concerned about the President’s safety, they wouldn’t be letting him go to a venue that is sitting directly above a massive train station.
34th street 1/2/3 is closed
The Long Island Railroad, NJ Transit, and Amtrak are all running though.
But Penn Station is still operating right underneath the arena.
It is such a mess that I can guarantee you he will be booed if they are dumb enough to show him.
Unfortunately they will do it during a TV timeout so that the broadcast won’t show it. But I’m hoping we will get cell phone video
Unfortunately they will do it during a TV timeout so that the broadcast won’t show it.
Yeah during a TV timeout they’ll film him waving through the glass of his suite, and when they return from commercial they’ll just show the video with ABC music/audio overlayed. No crowd audio or crowd reaction, unless it’s somehow favorable
It won’t be favorable in that city, I guarantee that.
We should at least get an all-time Chuck rant out of it. What is ESPN gonna do? Fire him and ruin their licensing agreement for inside the nba?
Dude, where’s my car?
Dolan, where’s my car?
This fucker ruins everything
There is simply no way this is standard procedure. I remember Obama attending a Bulls game, while President, and like Chicago wasn’t shut down with cars being dragged away.
Trump was recently in my city, a small city presidents visit every once in a while, and he completely shut down every single road on his route for two hours, that has never happened when any other president or vice president has visited. He had traffic backed up for miles on his $4+ a gallon gas.
Just pray you never get a visit from the president of China. That asshole shut down Seattle for a week about a dozen years ago. I’m used to presidents shutting things down here, but this was a different level. You couldn’t even drive over or under I-5 if he was en route to somewhere. They had every E-W road blocked, and because his schedule was kept a secret, nobody knew when the city would just randomly shut down.
Correct. Also, the UC is in a location more easily secured, being surrounded by parking lots on the west side of the city. MSG is in a highly congested area and sits on top of a major transit hub ffs.
Crazy how much work the NYPD has the availability to do. If only they did 5% of this to facilitate the game 1 or 2 watch party. This is a spit in the face to everyone you kicked off 8th ave last week for tryna watch the game bc you use a 50 inch TV for the whole city.
FDT
Dolan had one good week of Goodwill before he squandered it to bow to a child rapist
This is enough for me to root for the Spurs
He’s gonna get booed so hard
Is he though? Fans that can afford to go aren’t the typical Knicks fans. These are rich people who probably got a huge tax break from trump.
Plenty of rich Republicans hate Trump. And plenty of rich New Yorkers hate Trump.
Doesn’t matter anyway. You only need about three Knicks fans to make it LOUD.
Yeah that’s true. Hopefully it’s deafening
Going to MSG 2-3hrs before the game just because of him is enough to boo him.
Go Spurs
what a vibe killer
Just stay home, this guy is absolutely destroying the vibe in the city.
I don’t understand. They don’t go through this much trouble when he goes to UFC events so why now?
1st finals in how many years and its buzzkilled with this
genuine theoretical: if wemby does a huge dunk then pulls up his jersey to show writing underneath that says FUCK TRUMP what is the punishment by the nba lmao?
One of the refs will tear off their ref uniform to reveal an ICE getup and he will be immediately deported
All this for an old guy to take the most expensive nap of his life
Who has to pay the tow fee for a car that was legally parked and moved? How are owners supposed to know where their car disappeared to?
I got the MTA notification about this radius shut down at 4PM. That’s no kind of heads go to people in the city. I doubt these car owners were given notice when they pulled up this morning either.
Is that Mater?
5 blocks is fucking wild. Like bro I would be so pissed living there right now.
I hope the Spurs win just for this shit.
Fuck this guy
Maybe the knicks will play preschool music for trimp introductions like san antonio did for the knicks.
BOO that scum
All for him to get fucking booed. Come NY, fuck Trump! Doesn’t need to be creative just give it to his moldy, swollen, bruised ass
Trump wears a diaper
The pictures of him sleeping courtside or leaving after the 1st q will be amazing
On brand for Trump to be a self obsessed asshole going where no one wants him to ruin everything
That’s some insane logistics to accommodate a pedophile
This is all dumb and shouldn’t be happening. But I get the practical sense of extra security and checking everyone, no bags.
Is there any actual practical reason though for banning watch parties and doing stuff like this? Like the dude will be escorted into the arena safely and be in a suite.
What are some fans outside gonna do? Blow up the whole building or pierce through all the walls with a bullet? Just seems extra to me 🤷🏻♂️
What a fuckin joke.
just so one guy can shit in his chair and fall asleep
Just for one dipshit to go to the game
So fucking selfish.
Absurd security theater
All for one dumb cunt.
What a fucking joke
God it would be funny if it happened on live tv :)
Smfh, what a shit show
Fuck you Dolan for catering to this asshole, also no one likes your shitty band either
Man this orange pedo fucking sucks.
Fuck trump
Knicks fans have the opportunity to do the funniest thing right now
Friendly reminder to keep your children away from MSG tonight!
Is there anything Trump can’t ruin? All about himself.
All this to watch Tracy Morgan throw up on himself…
All so a bald, barely-literate moron can go and take a nap at MSG
Trump just fuckin sucks
What a nightmare
I can’t wait for this game to be over for Redditors to quit crying about this and making 1000 posts, good Lord
Not only have new Yorkers been priced out of tickets but you can’t even go to a bar downtown to watch the game, lmfao. That sucks!
Bros probably towing some hassidic’s car and about to call BB for a favor lol
What a fucking asshole.
All for 1 PDF. How sad.
One thing Presodent Taco Tits is consistent at is making New Yorkers life a living hellscape.
Fuck Trump. Ruining this shit for all th New Yorkers who’ve waited decades for this shit.
I can’t believe Biden is doing all of this
All for a rapist that no one wants at the game and he’ll only stay until halftime for that matter.
So… is Penn Station also closed?
Isn’t that Amtrak station the busiest in North America?
I hope this is the biggest jinx of all time and the Knicks lose both home games.
This guys bad karma alone is going to drag the team down to the depths of hell.
The fans there better boo the ever living shit out of him when they put his stupid looking face on the Jumbotron
Did you really need a tow truck for a gen 2 Kia soul? Could just hot wire that thing..
He’s just gonna go to the game and shit his pants I don’t see what all the fuss is about.
Anyone that actually lives here fucking loves this. The amount of abandoned shit-wagons taking up the street here
Something about taxation and representation
This is some third world dictator shit right there.
All that just to cover-up the Epstein files
Bar owners around that area must be pissed.
And then the dude just falls asleep
Damn Trump had a lot of cars towed today.