MSG cancels Knicks watch party hours before Game 4 as James Dolan unloads on Mamdani, Tisch

Madison Square Garden called off the watch party outside the World’s Most Famous Arena as Knicks owner Jim Dolan unloaded on Mayor Zohran Mamadni and NYPD Jessica Tisch for slapping security restrictions on the event scheduled for Game 4 of the NBA Finals.

“We’re not even putting up the screens,” Dolan said on WFAN Radio Wednesday afternoon.

Madison Square Garden called off the watch party outside the World’s Most Famous Arena. Aristide Economopoulos for NY Post

Knicks owner Jim Dolan unloaded on Mayor Zohran Mamadni and NYPD Jessica Tisch for slapping security restrictions on the event scheduled for Game 4 of the NBA Finals. Michael Nagle for NY Post

The decision comes as MSG and the city have battled over the security zone the police department is putting up around the Garden for Wednesday night’s game between the Knicks and San Antonio Spurs.

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Dolan took shots at Mamdani and Tisch for setting up the secure area around MSG for the Knicks’ home games, claiming it will be harder to get into the venue than Area 51.

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