The world knows Madison Square Garden has banned “adversarial” attorneys from its events and venues, including Knicks and Rangers games. And the company uses facial-recognition technology to enforce its highly-criticized policy. The recent Mom-booted-from-the-Rockettes debacle served as a reminder of that.
But MSG apparently goes much farther than locking out those who work for law firms involved in active litigation against its holdings. Facial-recognition is used to monitor, harass and sometimes bar elebrities and fans who have criticized owner James Dolan, according to a chilling report by Ethan Strauss, a longtime NBA reporter for The Athletic and ESPN who now publishes independently on Substack.