According to Fred, one of the founders of the club, when the basketball team was named 1946, "Knicks Antiques Dealer" was unanimously recognized for its distinctive regional characteristics. Long decades have passed, and this ancient name has survived, but "Knicks Antique Dealer" is simply called "Knicks".
The new york Knicks, founded in 1946, joined the American Basketball Association (BAA, the predecessor of NBA), is an NBA professional basketball team headquartered in new york, New York, USA, and is part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern League of the American Men's Basketball Association (NBA).
New york Knicks is one of the two teams that have not moved to this city since the original BAA League (the other is Boston Celtics).
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The home court of Knicks is located in Madison Square Garden Arena in new york. Garden Arena 1968 opens. It is the home of NBA new york Knicks and NHL new york Rangers, and hosts concerts and other major events all year round. It is a landmark building in new york.
Madison Square Garden Arena is one of the most prestigious arenas in the NBA. It is called Mecca of basketball and Michael Jordan's favorite arena. There have been countless classic NBA events that fans will never forget, but as an old arena, it has not been renovated since the early 1990s.
In 2008, the owner of the Knicks home arena decided to spend 500 million yuan to completely renovate Madison Square Garden Arena, widen the corridor of the arena, raise the ceiling height, build and rebuild luxury boxes, restaurants, toilets and bars in the arena, and add a 25-foot skylight at the entrance of the arena.
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