Madison Square Garden, Historic Home of the New York Knicks & Rangers, Has A 10 Year Window to Find a New Location

New York's Iconic Madison Square Garden has 10 years to find a new place to relocate to after a vote by the New York City Council on Wednesday. 

The reason for the needed relocation is that another just as historic spot in New York City happens to be located just under Madison Square Garden, Penn Station. 

Penn Station is a huge hub of travel in the city and they are hoping to renovate it into a new world-class transportation destination. To make way for the construction of Madison Square Garden in 1963, they tore down much of the original Penn Station.

The Garden opened up in 1879 and has had several locations but has been in the same spot since 1968 when Madison Square Garden opened up, 5 years after construction began. 

These next 10 allow time for both situations to take place. Council Speaker and mayoral candidate Christine C. Quinn made this statement, "The approval of this permit offers us a great opportunity to reimagine and redevelop Penn Station as a world-class transportation destination and allow time to relocate Madison Square Garden to a new and improved home."

Manhattan Borough President and city comptroller candidate Scott M. Stringer said this, "Imagine 220 mph bullet trains that sweep you to D.C. or Boston in 90 minutes or less. These plans are on the table, but they can only be realized with a modern, renovated Penn Station. That is not possible as long as the Garden sits squarely on top of the nation's busiest rail transit hub."

The vote on Wednesday to relocate Madison Square Garden passed 47-1. 

The of the first huge events at the current Madison Square Garden was in 1971 with the "Fight of the Century" between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. This is still considered one of the biggest sporting events in U.S. history today.