Knicks and Rangers fans cried Thursday at the possibility of Madison Square Garden being relocated as part of the planned Penn Station redevelopment.
"I don't want the park to move. I'm homesick," said Mike Stannis, 49, of Toms River, NJ.
"I'm a big fan of tramps and have been seeing them in the park for 30 years. I usually come with my wife and two children aged 12 and 13. That's all I've ever experienced.”
Stannis, a New Jersey Transit driver, also remarked, "They just updated everything, it looks like a new garden."
"It would be a waste of money to postpone it," he said.
Talks outside the park or inside Penn Station met with strong opposition, prompted by Mayor Eric Adams' surprise announcement that he was "open" to moving "the most famous square in the world" located above the station .
"The Penn Station project is a critical project," he said Tuesday during Crain's Business Power Breakfast event in New York.
"I think this area is ready for housing and ripe for real investment."
Hezoner also joked that moving the popular sports and entertainment venue "could help the Knicks win again" after losing eight seasons in the last nine years.
Matt Castro Giovanni, 18, said he would be "mad if they looted Madison Square Garden".
"I'm a big Rangers fan. Losing MSG would be very upsetting,” said Masabika, a Long Island resident.
"I watch a game at MSG once a month. I love it."
"Penn Station needs a makeover, but the park needs to stay where it is," said Brad Moser, 49.
"I'm a Knicks fan," said the Park Ridge, New Jersey resident.
"The first concert I saw was in the park: it was Billy Joel and I was 14 years old in 1986. All my life the park has always been there."
Representatives for MSG owner James Dolan did not respond to repeated requests for comment on Adam's comments.
Dolan's 10-year operating license for the park expires next year.
When the park's original 50-year permit expired in 2013, Dolan applied for a permanent extension and had to do the same again, a source familiar with the matter told the Post last year.
Dolan publicly expressed no interest in moving the park, but reportedly held secret talks about moving to the Hudson Yards development on Manhattan's West Side until Gov. Cathy Hochhol stepped in and canceled the plan.
Several passers-by who spoke to the Post on Thursday were open to considering a new location.
Brian Barr, 26, of the East Village, said he went in the ring to cheer for the Boston Bruins against the Rangers.
"I don't care if they take it somewhere else because it's difficult to get to that area," she said.
"It's crowded and chaotic most of the time."
Rich Bean, a 49-year-old software salesman from Hoboken, New Jersey, said he's "not tied to the region per se."
"If they can build a new terminal nearby and pay for a better container, that could be good," he said.
"I wouldn't be disappointed if Madison Square Garden were torn down and relocated," said Albany sports fan Duncan McKenzie, who traveled to the Big Apple for Thursday night's game of the Yankees against their archrival. the Boston Red Sox. .
"I saw hockey games and Billy Joel there once," he said.
"There's nothing magical about the location of Madison Square Garden."
Additional reporting by Bernadette Hogan
