Perfect experience for European tourist
by Rob on 1/15/24Madison Square Garden - New YorkThis was an unforgettable experience, the ambiance and the Madison square along with the very nice game. Any tourist should plan a game in their visit to NYC.
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Official Ticket Marketplace of the St. John's Red Storm
St. John's Red Storm Men's Basketball History
St. John's University played its first men’s basketball game in 1907. In 1910-11, St. John's went 11-0 and were retroactively awarded a national championship by the Helms Athletic Foundation. The Red Storm are five-time champions of the National Invitation Tournament (1943, 1944, 1959, 1965 and 1989) and have also had success in the NCAA tournament, reaching the Final Four in 1952 and 1985 and losing the 1952 final to Kansas.
Lou Carnesecca famously coached St. John's from 1965 to 1992, except for three seasons when he coached the New York Nets of the ABA, and never had a losing season with the team. Since 1979, St. John's basketball has been synonymous with Big East basketball, winning five conference regular-season championships and three Big East tournaments in that span. Behind the play of Chris Mullin, St. John's became one of three Big East teams, along with Villanova and Georgetown, to play in the 1985 Final Four. In 2019, St. John's reached their first NCAA Tournament since 2015.
St. John's Red Storm Team Info
Conference: Big East
Team Colors: Red and white
Team Rivals: Georgetown, Fordham, Villanova, Providence, Seton Hall, Syracuse, Connecticut
St. John's Red Storm at Carnesecca Arena and Madison Square Garden
The St. John's Red Storm splits its home schedule between Carnesecca Arena on the university’s campus in Queens, which opened in 1961 and seats 5,602, and Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, which opened in 1968 and has a capacity of 19,812. The team is coached by Rick Pitino.
St. John’s Red Storm’s 2023–24 regular season kicks off in November at home as the Red Storm face off against Stony Brook. The Red Storm play their final game of the regular season at home against Big East competitors Georgetown. Here’s a list of key games to keep an eye on:
Tickets for the 2023–24 regular season can be purchased on Ticketmaster, the Official Ticket Marketplace of the St. John’s Red Storm.
This was an unforgettable experience, the ambiance and the Madison square along with the very nice game. Any tourist should plan a game in their visit to NYC.
The st.John' s Game was very good and was very nice
The tickets were to the Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden, not to a home game for St. John's, not to a Big East Conference game, but to the Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden. The St. John's vs. Fordham game should have provided the opportunity for both schools, not only St. John's, to have cheerleaders, dance teams, and bands on display. The introduction of the teams at the beginning of the game should have been equally dramatic and professional. The monopoly of the presentation by St. John's in Madison Square Garden demonstrated a lack of sportsmanship, an uneven presentation, and a bias by the Garden. Hardly professional presentation at the Garden by the management of the most famous arena in the world.
There is no need for all the pyrotechnics during the introductions. A little hype is fine for the home team. Since they insist on giving you a cup for your drink of iced tea at the concession stand, there should be a place to put your cup at your seat instead of under your seat. It was good to see the Garden 3/4 filled for a college game. It reminded me of the good old days of the 60’s and 80’s.
Great seats and atomsphere . Crowd was great ; fans were great
First time at an NCAA game and had a great time in madison square garden !! Would definitely do again the atmosphere was fun.
Great time Well executed at concessions Easy in and out of arena
Had a great time with my family. It was a wonderful day start to finish. First game for my grandsons. Everyone at the Garden was friendly and helpful. And best of all St John’s won!
MSG is a great place to watch a Basketball Game. Food options were good, building was clean. Just a little overpriced for the experience.
Sitting behind the student section caused a very obstructed view.
From Boston, entry/exit to/from the TD Garden is a complicated mass migration. Entry is particularly a complete mess. This was not the Case at MSG in the slightest. The seats were much more comfortable than those in the TD Garden as well. The one detractor I had with my experiences (we went to the Bruins vs Rangers and then the St. John’s vs Villanova games) was the fact that some of the lights were exceptionally bright, particularly in the bar location. As a person with sensitivity to light, this was a big problem. However, MSG staff were right at hand to assist me if I needed it. Thanks for a great time!!! DJ
Nothing like a live college game. Carnesseca is a great arena and their team is having a great well deserved start to the season. Go Johnnies!!!!
Great Game with an Exciting Finish. I prefer paper tickets!!!!!
Overall venue was nice. Parking situation is difficult as advertised. Seems they made some progress with traffic flow but prices are very high. Reasonable priced lots are almost 2 miles away. I went with someone who has trouble walking so had to purchase a spot in the most expensive lot. But I had trouble finding where to buy parking in the closest lot. The biggest flaw was opening the gates. It was advertised as a 6pm gate opening but doors did not open until 6:17pm. This caused chaos as fans rushed around so not to miss opening tip. Finally, improvement is needed on signs inside and instructions on how to find seats. My section required access through a club which was not made known until I tried walking through the aisles and was stopped by a worker. Definitely potential here but would not recommend attending an event here until time has passed and improvements are made.
Nice new venue inside. Great sound system. Parking and lot access and exterior walking paths need improvement.
It was freezing cold, the email said that the doors were going to open at six but they didn’t open until 615 leaving a huge line, I was hoping to spend more time looking at the new arena but didn’t have to because of the concession stand late opening otherwise it was fun despite the loss
Pking-$35 then walk, thru construction,dark, no signs or emplys. Then 10000 ppl. Waiting to get in doors open very late. Not 1 emply outside. Crowd bum rush doors vacc, then metal detectors, then tick kiosk. Then 2 brews $36. 2 burger, fries, power aide $68. Emply not eager to help w swipe machine. Insane traffic jam on way out. Not going back. LuvMSG thx
We enjoyed our seats at the UBS center. However, more bag X-ray machines are needed.
Great venue. Fun atmosphere. Great seats. But $17 for an IPA?!? $19 for a 1.5oz. Shot?!? It’s worse than the airport- and that’s saying a lot.
This was our first trip to the newly built UBS arena. Bar areas are plentiful, however the costs for F&B are insanely high ($17.50 for a 12oz beer, $14 for a Diet Coke). Food options are somewhat limited. We would have thought more healthy options would be available in a newly built arena. Granted we were only on the 100 floor. The arena itself is great, spacious, loud and an all around good vibe. Parking is a little bit difficult but that may be because it is so new and not completed.