Mamdani + NYCEDC CEO Jeanny Pak: Knicks Postseason = $202M Economic Activity, Could Hit $465M Across Finals; Each Home Game ≈ $90M; Down from 2025 ($268M) Bc 2 Fewer Home Games (Knicks Swept 76ers + Cavs)

Mayor's Office released NYCEDC analysis Wed Jun 3 (covered today): Knicks '26 playoff run has produced $202M in visitor-spend, ticket, concessions, transit, and lodging-driven economic activity from home games so far. Each additional MSG home game ≈ $90M. Hypothetical Game 7 ceiling = $465M. Lower than 2025 because the Knicks needed 2 fewer home games after sweeping Philly and Cleveland. NYCEDC includes direct visitor spend plus indirect/induced arena-operator and employee spend. This is the first dollarized Knicks-economy press release of the Mamdani era — neat counter-narrative to the "Wall Street exodus" frame.

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