Madison Square Garden from the second and third generation of the Garden, was officially retired on September 19, 2007, and donated to the International Boxing Hall of Fame after 82 years of service. A ring replaced it beginning on October 6 of that same year. Madison Square Garden has been considered the mecca for professional wrestling and the home of World Wrestling Entertainment (formerly WWF and WWWF). The Garden has hosted three WrestleManias, more than any other arena, including the first edition of the annual marquee event for WWE, as well as the 10th and 20th editions. Madison Square Garden hosts more high-profile
Madison Square Theatre management of Walter N. Lawrence until Eno's descendents demolished the building and the Fifth Avenue Hotel in 1908. By that time the "Theater District" had moved uptown to the Times Square area around 42nd Street. In its forty years of operation some 250 plays were produced at the Madison Square Theatre. Following are productions that ran at least six weeks, noting runs of 100 or more performances. Daly Era (1869-1873) Mackaye and Mallory Eras (1879-1885) Palmer Era (1885-1891) Hoyt-McKee-Lawrence Era (1894-1908) Madison Square Theatre The Madison Square Theatre was a Broadway theatre in Manhattan, on the south side of 24th