Madison Square Garden (1879)

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Full name	Madison Square Garden
Location	New York City, New York
Coordinates	40°44′34″N 73°59′08″W / 40.74278°N 73.98556°W / 40.74278; -73.98556
Owner	William Kissam Vanderbilt
Operator	William Kissam Vanderbilt
Capacity	10,000
Construction
Built	1874[1]
Opened	May 31, 1879
Closed	1890
Demolished	1890

Madison Square Garden (1879–1890) was an arena in New York City at the northeast corner of East 26th Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan. The first venue to use that name, it seated 10,000 spectators. It was replaced with a new building on the same site.