The NYPD says major security measures will be in place around Madison Square Garden on Saturday, June 13, as the area prepares for Knicks Game 5, a Knicks watch party, the first World Cup match, and a 5 Seconds of Summer concert. <\/p>\n
Tens of thousands of people are expected, and police are urging everyone to arrive early.<\/p>\n
A 3,000\u2011person watch party outside MSG will require advance registration and a valid ticket. <\/p>\n
Entry runs from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., with screening at Sixth Avenue and West 32nd or 33rd Streets. <\/p>\n
Bags will not be allowed, and anyone who leaves the designated viewing area will not be permitted back in.<\/p>\n
A security perimeter will go up at 4 p.m., stretching from West 29th to West 35th Streets between Sixth and Eighth Avenues. <\/p>\n
Only ticket holders, residents, train passengers, and people accessing businesses will be allowed inside, and all must pass through screening at one of four checkpoints.<\/p>\n
Starting at 8:30 p.m., Penn Station riders will be directed to Moynihan Station or Grand Central.<\/p>\n
World Cup fans traveling to MetLife Stadium will be screened by Amtrak Police and must enter through Sixth Avenue and 32nd Street.<\/p>\n
Trains will run from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., and returning fans will not be allowed to remain inside the frozen zone.<\/p>\n
The MSG concert begins at 8 p.m., with doors opening at 6 p.m. <\/p>\n
Concertgoers may use any access point but must show a ticket. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NYPD says major security measures will be in place around Madison Square Garden on Saturday, June 13,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-265684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265684","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=265684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}