Executive Chairman and CEO,
"The real issue is our policy of not letting attorneys who are suing us into our building until the litigation is done. When it's done, they're very much welcome back," said
"We urge our elected representatives to focus on causes that improve the quality of life for their constituents - such as addressing rampant crime and homelessness in the city, rather than taking up the cause of a small percentage of attorneys
- o they can attend Knicks and Rangers games. These elected officials are exploiting this issue for their own publicity and fundraising platform - going as far as to solicit donations."
The below points reiterate
Our Policy and Our Rights:
- Attorneys who have filed a lawsuit against
- This includes attorneys representing ticket scalpers, personal injury claims and class action litigations, but does not include claims related to sexual harassment or employment discrimination.
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Who These Attorneys Really Are:
- The attorneys we are prohibiting from attending include ambulance chasers and money grabbers whose business is motivated by self-promotion and who capitalize on the misfortune of others.
- These are attorneys that are defending the ticket scalpers who make getting tickets for the average game and concert-goer next to impossible and exorbitantly expensive.
Our Policy and Facial Recognition:
- We have effectively used facial recognition since 2018 as one of our tools to provide a safe and secure environment for our customers and ourselves.
- In addition, we use it as a tool to keep adverse attorneys out of our venues.
We Are Unequivocally Open to the Public:
- Our venues are absolutely and unequivocally open to the public - we host more than five million people a year and temporarily preventing access to a small percentage of attorneys who are involved in active litigation against MSG doesn't change that.
- This policy does not unlawfully prohibit anyone from entering
Elected Officials and Their Real Agendas:
- No matter where you stand on the policy, everyone can agree it shouldn't be this high on our elected officials' agenda.
- We urge our elected representatives to focus on causes that improve the quality of life for their constituents - such as addressing rampant crime and homelessness in the city, instead of choosing to attack the economic engine, job creator and community beacon that is MSG.
- Some elected officials are using this as a publicity and fundraising platform, when they should be focusing attention and resources on pressing issues facing New Yorkers - homelessness, the economy, and crime to name a few. One of our electeds is already exploiting his press coverage in solicitation emails.
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Our Commitment to
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- For over 140 years we have been proud to be a center of
Our Continued Cooperation With State Agencies:
- We've been extremely cooperative and forthcoming with all state agencies - even those that don't have any oversight or authority to take a position on this matter - they have every right to ask questions but we also expect that they give us the opportunity to explain our position.
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