{"id":690362,"date":"2026-06-07T20:17:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T20:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/690362\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T20:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T20:17:19","slug":"knicks-tell-fans-to-arrive-at-least-two-hours-early-for-nba-finals-game-3-due-to-trumps-attendance-nba-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/690362\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks tell fans to arrive at least two hours early for NBA finals Game 3 due to Trump\u2019s attendance | NBA finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Knicks are warning fans to bring as little as possible to Monday night\u2019s Game 3 of the NBA finals, which Donald Trump plans to attend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Knicks are encouraging fans to arrive at least two hours before tipoff as part of enhanced security measures due to the president\u2019s attendance.<\/p>\n

The Knicks said on Saturday that a strict no-bag policy will be in place and that there will be airport-style \u201cscreening procedures\u201d for fans when they enter Madison Square Garden for the game, which is scheduled to start at 8.40pm local time.<\/p>\n

Trump confirmed last week that he will attend the game between the Knicks and San Antonio Spurs<\/a>, the first NBA finals game in New York City since 1999. He has already attended a number of major sporting events in his second term, including the 2025 Super Bowl, Daytona 500 and Ryder Cup.<\/p>\n

Trump is not expected to be the only prominent political figure at the Garden. New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a> has also said he plans to attend Monday\u2019s game, though he suggested there is little chance he will cross paths with Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will be in a very different section,\u201d Mamdani said last week.<\/p>\n

The mayor\u2019s office said Mamdani would be paying his own way for a ticket. Trump, meanwhile, said he would be attending as Knicks owner Jim Dolan\u2019s guest, setting up a finals scene that could feature two of New York\u2019s most prominent political figures under one roof.<\/p>\n

The game will take place amid a fevered atmosphere in New York as the Knicks attempt to win their first NBA title since 1973. They lead the Spurs 2-0<\/a> in the best-of-seven series and are on a 13-game winning streak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Knicks are warning fans to bring as little as possible to Monday night\u2019s Game 3…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":690363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-690362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=690362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}