{"id":754426,"date":"2026-07-10T10:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/754426\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T10:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:06:19","slug":"madison-square-garden-reportedly-tracks-celebrities-risk-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/754426\/","title":{"rendered":"Madison Square Garden reportedly tracks celebrities’ “risk” level"},"content":{"rendered":"

Madison Square Garden, one of America\u2019s most cherished privately run surveillance states<\/a>, keeps a database of which celebrity Knicks fans and Taylor Swift\u2019s wedding guests are LGBTQIA, as well as their \u201crisk\u201d level, according to a new report from Wired<\/a>. In a statement to The A.V. Club, MSG wrote, \u201cWired\u2019s reporting is inaccurate and false. MSG is pursuing legal remedies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wired\u00a0previously reported on the extent to which MSG surveils its patrons<\/a>. The latest batch of docs released by the criminal hacking collective ShinyHunters revealed that MSG maintains a running database of \u201ctalent\u201d hosted by the venue, rating them by \u201crisk\u201d level, to determine whether to give them free tickets. Even Knicks superfans and defenders of MSG\u2019s obsessively paranoid owner James Dolan aren\u2019t safe. Fat Joe, who called Dolan \u201cBatman,\u201d was labeled a \u201cmedium risk.\u201d Unofficial star of the Knicks history-making championship run, Mariska Hartigay, is a \u201clow risk.\u201d Sonic The Hedgehog and Happy Endings star Adam Pally is \u201cnot to be hosted.\u201d Five of Taylor Swift\u2019s wedding guests were also evaluated by the Garden\u2019s security. Never fear, Ice Spice, Michael Strahan, and Selena Gomez were all \u201clow risk.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The \u201ctalent\u201d database is some 40,000 names deep, and a vast majority of them do not receive a risk evaluation. However, and for unknown reasons, the database tracks the race, gender identity, and sexual orientation of at least 93 celebrities, including Ricky Martin and Phoebe Bridgers, Wired reports. Whether Swift and Travis Kelce, who married at the venue on Saturday in a weird power flex to all the New Yorkers dying in the heat, required invitees to agree to such surveillance remains unconfirmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aside from it being weird as hell that a sports venue keeps track of the sexuality of guests trying to watch the goddamn Knicks, the focus on LGBTQIA patrons is part of a larger pattern of paranoia. Last month, Wired reported that MSG went to great pains to alienate and remove a trans social media influencer who made their following as a diehard Knicks fan. She was tracked minute by minute by MSG security until she was eventually banned from the Garden, a lawsuit revealed. \u201cThey just seem overly interested in queer and trans people in their venue,\u201d Evan Greer, director of the digital rights group Fight for the Future, told Wired.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ironically, Dolan also owns the Sphere, which recently announced an upcoming slop-ified Rocky Horror Picture Show<\/a>. We suppose they can use AI to de-queer the film while also keeping a close eye on the androgynous sexuality of the garter-belt enthusiasts who attend.<\/p>\n

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