Spike Lee Sitting Out Knicks Season After They Restrict Access To Madison Square Garden
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essence.comAfter spending decades sitting courtside, Spike Lee said he was refused entry to a New York Knicks game this week. The Oscar winning director visited ESPN’s First Take to add context to a video of what appeared to be security guards refusing him entry into Madison Square Garden.
Lee said that he entered the facility at the 33rd Street entrance, the same way he has done for over twenty years, and after having his ticket scanned, he was told to enter another way by security. “They wanted me to leave the Garden, walk outside… and come back on 31st Street.
And I said I’m not doing that,” Lee said. He added that he was afraid he would not be able to regain access to the building because his ticket number had already been recorded by employees.
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