{"id":253993,"date":"2026-06-03T17:41:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/253993\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:41:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:41:41","slug":"news-12-brooklyn-new-york-knicks-postseason-run-generates-202m-economic-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/253993\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Brooklyn | New York Knicks Postseason Run Generates 202m Economic Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York City Economic Development Corporation announced on Wednesday that the Knicks 2026 postseason run has generated an estimated $202 million in economic activity from home games played so far.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Officials say each additional home playoff could generate $90 million in economic activity and a full postseason run may culminate in $465 million.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">\u201cAs New Yorkers gather at restaurants and local businesses on game nights to root for our city\u2019s team, this historic run is a reminder of how deeply sports strengthen our community \u2014 and our economy,\u201d said NYCEDC Interim President and CEO Jeanny Pak.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">In a release from the mayor\u2019s office, Mamdani praises the team\u2019s ability to support local businesses and create economic opportunities throughout the five boroughs.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">\u201cI&#8217;ve watched this team from the nosebleeds, from my couch with my family and alongside neighbors across this city. Millions of New Yorkers have done the same from living rooms, restaurants, barbershops and street corners in every borough,\u201d he said.  \u201cWhen the Knicks win, New York comes alive. And as these numbers make clear, that energy supports small businesses, workers and neighborhoods that make New York what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York City Economic Development Corporation announced on Wednesday that the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-253993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}