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The Wamu Theater at Madison Square Garden is a multi-purpose theater that offers a seating capacity for almost 5,000 spectators for various shows and concerts and also plays host to all kinds of meetings, stage shows and graduation ceremonies on a regular basis. Earlier, it was the official home to the NFL Draft until the year 2005, when it moved to the Jacob Javits Convention Center after the management of MSG opposed a new venue for the New York Jets. When the current venue opened in the year 1968, the Theater was originally called “the Felt Forum,” as the venue derived its name from the president of that time Irving Felt. Currently, it is one of the most popular venues to host indoor performances in the United States and is a first of its kind. The theater was designed to play host to a wide range of events keeping its acoustic nature in mind. It was meant to host various shows like stage productions, including pop, rock, country, comedy, variety, family shows to trade shows and commercial events.

It is a concert hall with an adjoining lobby that is located inside the Qwest Field Events Center. The unique design of the theater is apt to host all kinds of corporate events, seminars, television productions, special events and other hospitality-related functions other than the usual concerts during the times when no activity is being performed in the theater. When the other main arenas are unavailable, the Wamu Center is also famous for hosting major boxing matches also. There is an 8,000-square-foot lobby that is located at the theater. The name of the theater was changed to “The Theater at Madison Square Garden” in the mid-90s, after Viacom purchased Paramount and sold the assets of MSG to a group that comprised of ITT and Cablevision, which had the ownership of 50% shares of the Garden. In the year 1997, ITT sold their share to Cablevision and the cable company became the sole owner of the Garden.