From the NYTimes

A watch party planned for Monday outside Madison Square Garden has been canceled as fans brace for heightened security at the first home game of the Knicks’ extraordinary N.B.A. championship run, with both President Trump and Mayor Zohran Mamdani expected to attend.

A rowdy viewing party held there Friday during Game 2 resulted in more than a dozen arrests. Other recent watch parties have been similarly raucous, exposing an apparent tension between Mr. Mamdani and his police commissioner, Jessica S. Tisch, who has warned that a glut of high-profile sporting events have placed exceptional demands on the Police Department.

In addition to the elation that has accompanied the Knicks’ 13-game win streak, FIFA World Cup soccer games are set to start next week just across the Hudson River at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Thousands of fans from around the world are expected to make New York City their home base during the World Cup matches that culminate at MetLife on July 19.

For Monday’s game, the Knicks have told ticket holders to arrive two hours early, without bags, as the world’s most famous arena prepares to greet a mayor and a president with polar politics and keep them, and a full-house of fans, safe.

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