The proposed legislation comes after the company that owns MSG instituted a policy of preventing ticket holders from entering if they work for any law firm involved in litigation against the company.
Elected officials are speaking out over Madison Square Garden's use of facial recognition technology to ban critics and unwanted fans.New York City’s Madison Square Garden and other sports venues would be barred from refusing entry to perceived enemies of their owners under a bill introduced to the state Legislature Monday.
In November, the company used the technology to stop a New Jersey mom from accompanying her daughter on a Girl Scouts field trip to see a Rockettes holiday show at Radio City Music Hall. The proposal does not directly address the issue of using facial-recognition technology to screen patrons, but bill sponsors said the practice was out of bounds.
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