While planning our trip to New York, we decided we would take in at least one sporting event. We purchased tickets to see the New York Rangers (hockey) play an afternoon game on Saturday. I’d only been to one other hockey game (the San Jose Sharks), so I was looking forward to seeing another. We ended up getting tickets in section 343. In most arenas, being in a section numbered that high means you probably ought to bring an oxygen tank with you. But the Garden isn’t like that. The lower section of the arena is a fairly flat, wide bowl that accomodates three rows of sections. Our seats were fantastic. Players still appeared large enough that I could read the names on the backs of their jerseys. I was expecting to be needing binoculars.
Anyway, we liked the seats so much that we checked for Knicks (basketball) tickets for the next day. They had a noon game against Portland and I managed to grab two seats in section 333. Again, the seats were great. I’m convinced that there really isn’t a bad seat in the house in the Garden. Even the last level above us looked like they had relatively decent seats.
I have pictures to put up at some point. I’d link to some now but flickr is having a massage at the moment.