Wagner Quoted on NPR on Madison Square Garden’s Term Permit

Land Use partner Elise Wagner was quoted as Madison Square Garden's attorney on NPR's “All Things Considered” on April 9th. Madison Square Garden is undergoing a $1 billion renovation. But the local community board and the borough president recommended that the application be granted for only a 10 year term. Wagner said "You have an ongoing major business, which is the busiest arena I think in the country. To suggest that the Garden, a public company, should have now a 10-year term on its permit is really inappropriate." "When you talk to people about the Garden, they have incredible memories about the first time they came to the Garden. If you talk to the players, they talk about this being the greatest place to play. You talk to major entertainers, they're thrilled to be at the Garden. So the idea that the Garden would have a term limit on it or wouldn't be here, it's just bizarre." Today the City Planning Commission held a 5 hour public hearing on the application, at which Wagner and other Garden representatives spoke. The City Planning Commission and the City Council will make their decisions on the application by mid-summer.