is about the company . for other uses see madison square garden disambiguation . the madison square garden company type public traded as nasdaq msg industry sports and entertainment founded 2010 ; 2015 spin off madison square network 1 founder james l. dolan headquarters new york city new york u.s. key people james l. dolan executive chairman gregg seibert vice chairman david o connor president and ceo revenue 1.062 billion 2009 operating income 120.6 million 2009 total assets 9.384 billion 2008 owner dolan family 2 subsidiaries madison square garden radio city music hall beacon theatre chicago theatre the forum new york knicks new york rangers new york liberty hartford wolf pack westchester knicks website official website the madison square garden company is an american sports and entertainment holding company based in new york city . the company was established in 2010 when cablevision spun off the new york knicks new york rangers madison square garden msg network and other entertainment assets as an independent publicly traded company . contents 1 divisions 2 history and corporate ownership 3 officers 4 references 5 external links divisions edit in addition to owning the madison square garden arena in manhattan new york city the madison square garden company is divided into two entities . msg sports is the division that manages the company s professional sports teams . these include the nba new york knicks and wnba new york liberty and the nba d league westchester knicks basketball teams and the nhl new york rangers and ahl hartford wolf pack ice hockey teams . msg entertainment is the operating arm of the company . it controls live events at madison square garden both in the arena and in the theater at madison square garden . in addition to the garden itself msg entertainment owns the rights to operate two theaters in manhattan radio city music hall and the beacon theatre . outside new york city msg entertainment controls the operations of the chicago theatre acquired in 2008 co booking at the wang theatre in boston since 2008 and ownership in the forum in inglewood california acquired in 2012 with the intent of transforming the forum into a venue to compete with the staples center . 3 msg entertainment also produces the radio city christmas spectacular starring the rockettes both at radio city music hall and in venues around the united states . madison square garden l.p. used to operate the hartford civic center now the xl center an indoor arena in hartford connecticut and rentschler field a stadium in east hartford under contract with the state of connecticut until the 2007 season when it was replaced by northland anschutz entertainment group . 4 5 history and corporate ownership edit from its inception in 1927 the graham paige motors corporation was a big player in the automobile business but by 1945 the impact of the depression and world war ii left the company all but out of the car business . in 1947 the graham paige decided to sell all of its automotive assets change the corporate name to graham paige corporation and to start investing in real estate . in 1959 one of the those investments was to buy a 40 % interest in the madison square garden iii . by 1962 graham paige had a controlling interest in the madison square garden corporation and decided to merge the assets of the two corporations into a new madison square garden corporation which then began planning to replace the aging arena . in 1977 gulf and western industries bought the company . gulf and western shed its non media and entertainment assets became paramount communications owner of paramount pictures in 1989 . in 1994 viacom purchased majority ownership of paramount communications but quickly sold msg to cablevision . in february 2010 cablevision spun off the msg properties including the sports franchises into the madison square garden company . 6 on september 30 2015 the msg networks division which operates the company s media assets including msg network was spun off into a separate company leaving msg with its live entertainment and sports assets . 7 8 on august 17 2016 msg acquired a 12 % stake in digital media broadcasting and events company townsquare media from ge capital . 9 officers edit james l. dolan executive chairman gregg seibert vice chairman david o connor president and ceo donna coleman chief financial officer phil jackson president basketball operations new york knicks glen sather president hockey operations new york rangers barry watkins evp communications and administration references edit http www.themadisonsquaregardencompany.com news 2015 msg company new public sports entertainment.html http deadline.com 2015 10 madison square garden msg networks split drives deal speculation 1201563549 vincent roger june 26 2012 . forum owners plan to revive venue with 50 million renovation they intend to challenge staples center and other big arenas in the l.a. region by turning the faded inglewood facility into a world class concert hall . . los angeles times . retrieved 2012 06 26 . the connecticut development authority selects facilities manager for hartford civic center http www.ctcda.com cdanews newsview.asp newsid 57 welcome to rentschler field riddell kelly 2010 02 10 . cablevision spins off msg to focus on cable franchise . bloomberg . retrieved 18 january 2013 . madison square garden splits off sports and entertainment divisions wall street yawns . billboard . retrieved 18 august 2016 . madison square garden details split . wall street journal . retrieved 18 august 2016 . cimilluca dana 2016 08 17 . madison square garden takes 12 % stake in townsquare media . wall street journal . issn 0099 9660 . retrieved 2016 08 17 . external links edit official website v t e the madison square garden company founded in 2010 teams new york rangers nhl 2010 present new york knicks nba 2010 present new york liberty wnba 2010 present hartford wolf pack ahl 2010 present westchester knicks nba d 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