Knicks could generate $832M for NYC from home NBA playoff games at MSG and these businesses are already booming: Good vibe

It’s a slam dunk for business.The New York Knicks’ Cinderella story isn’t just a rags-to-riches story for the team, as postseason home games could generate up to $832 million for city businesses, the mayor’s office announced Thursday.The postseason run has already generated about $195 million in the city so far between tickets, concessions, merch, transit and lodging, the mayor added – and some businesses near Madison Square Garden are already feeling the payout.Blue-and-orange-clad sports bar Stout near MSG has seen its regular crowd triple — and sometimes quadruple — during the Knicks playoff season, floor manager Cynthia Gil told The Post.“We hit capacity an hour before the game starts,” Gil said, estimating roughly a thousand fans came into the bar over the course of Wednesday night, when the team suffered a heartbreaking 138-135 loss to the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals.“Even in the rain, people are standing outside just to get in here,” Gil said.While an average night will see about 100 to 200 patrons at Stout, Knicks fans have come in droves with between 500 to 600 people on average passing through on game nights, Stout hostess Dana added.Mustang Harry’s, a 30-year-old Midtown sports bar, reports the Knickerbockers’ streak in the playoffs has helped it reach “the largest influx of customers that we’ve seen so far.”The bar’s patronage during the postseason is easily “double a regular Knicks home game,” and fills up more than two hours before a game starts, a spokesperson for the bar said.“Pre-COVID, we had a very good lunch business, which is slowly rebuilding,” the rep added.“A Knicks run like this is helping to alleviate some of the pressure attached to it, especially as we head into the summer months.”“Them making it to the playoffs has definitely led to a boost in our sales,” said Adriana Juarez, an events coordinator for sports bar and restaurant Penn 6.

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