Kammala wannan jumla: Wuraren wasanni guda biyu da ake kira Madison Square Garden sun kasance a arewa maso gabas na square, ainihin Aljanna daga 1879 zuwa 1890, kuma
Aljanna ta biyu daga 1890 zuwa 1925. Na farko, wanda aka ba P. T. Barnum haya, ba shi da rufi kuma ba shi da kyau a yi amfani da shi a lokacin yanayi mai tsanani, saboda haka aka rushe shi bayan shekara 11. Na biyu sanannen masanin gini Stanford White ne ya tsara shi. An gina sabon ginin ne ta hanyar haɗin gwiwa wanda ya haɗa da JP Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, PT Barnum, Darius Mills, James Stillman da WW Astor. White ya ba su tsarin Beaux-Arts tare da jin Moorish, gami da hasumiya mai kama da hasumiya wanda aka tsara bayan Giralda, hasumiyar kararrawa na Cathedral na Seville <unk> hawa sama da labarai 32 <unk> gini na biyu mafi girma a cikin birni a lokacin <unk> mamaye Madison Square Park. Ya kasance ta, kuma babban zauren, wanda shine mafi girma a duniya, wanda aka auna ta, tare da zama na dindindin don mutane 8,000 da kuma sararin samaniya don dubban mutane. Yana da gidan wasan kwaikwayo mai wurin zama 1,200, zauren kide-kide da zai iya ɗaukar mutane 1,500, babban gidan abinci a birnin, da kuma gidan rawa a kan rufin gida. Ginin ya kai dala miliyan uku. Madison Square Garden II bai yi nasara ba kamar na farko, kuma Kamfanin Inshorar Rayuwa na New York, wanda ke riƙe da jinginar gida a kansa, ya yanke shawarar rushe shi a cikin 1925 don samar da wuri don sabon ginin hedkwatar, wanda zai zama alamar Cass Gilbert-ƙirar New York Life Building.