With Trump at Game 3, NYPD scraps watch party

[The New York Times] Knicks Watch Party at MSG Is Canceled as Game 3 Security Ramps Up for Trump President Trump and Mayor Zohran Mamdani are expected to attend the game on Monday at Madison Square Garden. A viewing party on Friday led to more than a dozen arrests.

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[ESPN] With Trump at Game 3, NYPD scraps watch party As part of enhanced security measures with President Donald Trump attending Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Knicks and Spurs on Monday night, there will be no watch party outside Madison Square Garden, the New York Police Department said Sunday.

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[The Hill] Jeffries on Trump, New York Knicks: 'Why does he have to ruin a good thing' House Minority Leader Hakim Jeffries (D-N.Y.) in a new interview complained that President Trump is planning to attend Monday night's Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs.

"I'm not sure it's going to be a good reception for him," Jeffries said during the interview, which aired on CNN. "But why does Donald Trump always have to ruin a good thing, like literally the Knicks haven't been in the finals for 27 years, the city is trying to celebrate.

" Trump spent the weekend at his property in Bedminster, New Jersey and is preparing to travel to Manhattan for Monday night's game, for which fans have been instructed to show up hours early to compensate for expected tighter security protocols. A watch party at Madison Square Garden was canceled while tickets to the game are selling for upward of $8,000 dollars.

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[@ABC] Madison Square Garden is set to be filled to the brim Monday night with passionate Knicks fans, b... Madison Square Garden is set to be filled to the brim Monday night with passionate Knicks fans, but eyes may be on what two of the most powerful New Yorkers —President Trump and Mayor Mamdani — will be doing during Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Read more: