Knicks donate hundreds of NBA Finals tickets to kids

May 28, 2026 NBA News

Getting into Madison Square Garden for the NBA Finals will cost most people a small fortune. Courtside seats are listed as high as $595,000. A seat in the upper deck is running thousands.

At least 500 kids are getting in free.

The Knicks and MSG Sports announced Wednesday they will donate at least 500 tickets to underprivileged youth in New York City for their home Finals games through the Garden of Dreams Foundation, a nonprofit that serves children facing illness, homelessness, extreme poverty and other obstacles across the tri-state area.

The foundation will receive 205 tickets per home game for Games 3 and 4 on June 8 and 10. If the series extends to a Game 6 on June 16, the total will reach 750 tickets. They will be distributed to underserved New York families affiliated with the foundation.

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