The New York Knicks Have Some Front-Row Seats for Your Famous Clients

Madison Square Garden isn’t just Spike Lee‘s house anymore. It also belongs to Anna Wintour.

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(Pic via MTV/Getty Images)

And Beyoncé (with Jay-Z and Chloe Sevigny):

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(Pic via Chris Trotman/Getty)

And Zach Galifianakis with Jason Schwartzmann and Jonathan Ames [Ed. note: insert shout out to my former professor right here!]

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(Pic via The Score/Getty)

You get the point, though you might ask yourself why all these celebrities want to see a basketball team that hasn’t won a title since 1973.

According to the New York Times, the answer—surprise—lies with Madison Square Garden’s “well-oiled” PR team, which has established a complex web-like system to determine who qualifies as a Knick-worthy name.

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