{"id":546917,"date":"2021-05-31T11:50:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T15:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=546917"},"modified":"2021-05-31T11:50:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T15:50:49","slug":"new-york-knicks-to-only-sell-tickets-to-vaccinated-fans-if-they-advance-to-second-round-of-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-knicks-to-only-sell-tickets-to-vaccinated-fans-if-they-advance-to-second-round-of-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Knicks To Only Sell Tickets To Vaccinated Fans If They Advance To Second Round Of Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-knicks-to-only-sell-tickets-to-vaccinated-fans-if-they-advance-to-second-round-of-playoffs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=546917&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320260088.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>If the New York Knicks defeat the Atlanta Hawks in their first-round series and advance in the playoffs, there won\u2019t be an unvaccinated individual at Madison Square Garden moving forward.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Friday, the Knicks announced that tickets for games at MSG will only be sold to vaccinated fans if they advance to the second-round of the playoffs.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"26\">\n<p><i>The New York Knicks today announced that Game 5 of their 2021 NBA playoffs series against the Atlanta Hawks, scheduled for June 5, has sold out. This follows Game 1, when the Knicks welcomed more than 15,000 fans and Game 2, when they expanded their seating for fully-vaccinated fans and increased capacity to more than 16,000. The two games mark the largest indoor crowds to gather in New York since the start of the pandemic. Given the enthusiastic response to vaccination requirements, the team also announced that, should they advance past round one, tickets will be sold exclusively to fully-vaccinated individuals.&nbsp;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cThe energy our Knicks fans have brought to the playoffs has been incredible \u2014 proving there\u2019s nothing more exciting than Knicks basketball at The Garden,\u201d said David Hopkinson, EVP, MSG Sports and President, Team Business Operations. \u201cIt\u2019s moments like this that show us what\u2019s possible if everyone gets vaccinated \u2014 we\u2019ll all be able to get back to doing what we love \u2014 and that definitely includes being together to cheer on the Knicks at Madison Square Garden.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.2362869198312\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Knicks announce that, if they advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals, they will sell tickets in the next round exclusively to fans who are fully vaccinated. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fgJ958rOn7\">pic.twitter.com\/fgJ958rOn7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Athletic (@TheAthletic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthletic\/status\/1398285749317943298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>According to the statement, fully-vaccinated fans have made up for more than 90% of attendance at the Knicks first two playoff games, and have been seated in sections that don\u2019t require social distancing and masks. Non-vaccinated fans have been seated in separate socially distanced and masked areas of the arena.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>There are currently three ways for fans to \u201cdemonstrate they are eligible to attend an event\u201d at Madison Square Garden according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msg.com\/reopening-faq#testing\"><span>MSG.com<\/span><\/a><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span>Proof of vaccination<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Proof of negative antigen COVID-19 test taken within six hours of the event start time OR<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Proof of a negative PCR COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of the day of the event<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span>Madison Square Garden has been rocking in the first playoff games at the arena since 2012, and while it has been a sight for sore eyes, it has come with it\u2019s fair number of issues.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Wednesday night, a Knicks fan was banned indefinitely from MSG after it was found that he spit on Atlanta\u2019s star point guard Trae Young. The Knicks put out a statement after the finding:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p><i><span>We investigated the matter and determined that this patron, who is not a season ticket holder, did indeed spit on Trae Young, and for that reason, he is now banned from The Garden indefinitely. We apologize to Trae and the entire Hawks organization for this fan\u2019s behavior. This was completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated in our venue. We have turned the information over to the appropriate authorities. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The spitting incident comes one game after Knicks fans were admonished for their \u201cF*** Trae Young\u201d chants throughout game one. New York basketball fans haven\u2019t had much to cheer about over the past decade, and they\u2019ve been taking full advantage of the opportunity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.4876033057851\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Win one playoff game and we don\u2019t know how to act LMFAO <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bks9pHcyiH\">pic.twitter.com\/bks9pHcyiH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maggio (@kylemaggio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylemaggio\/status\/1397744579055587329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to <\/i><i>sports@dailywire.com<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the New York Knicks defeat the Atlanta Hawks in their first-round series and advance in the playoffs, there won\u2019t be an unvaccinated individual at Madison Square Garden moving forward.\u00a0On &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313590,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320260088.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"New York Knicks To Only Sell Tickets To Vaccinated Fans If They Advance To Second Round Of Playoffs","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-546917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1320260088.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"New York Knicks To Only Sell Tickets To Vaccinated Fans If They Advance To Second Round Of Playoffs","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}