Dealing with scalpers at Madison Square Garden?

Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as The Garden or in initials as MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. Located in Midtown Manhattan between 7th and 8th Avenues from 31st to 33rd Streets, it is situated atop Pennsylvania Station.

It is not acceptable to deal with scalpers. It is highly discouraged since there are a lot of on duty and undercover officers looking to bust people engaging in this activity. 

Plenty of scalpers out the front trying to sell tickets, but they are easy to ignore. Also plenty of police there to move these guys on

Scalpers will flock to the front of MSG from 1-2 hours before a game. But they are pretty good at not forcing anything upon you and pretty easy to avoid. Just keep walking on by them into the stadium and enjoy knowing you have a proper ticket that you know you will have a seat. Don't ruin your experience by the risk of a fake ticket.

Best to avoid scalpers, can generally pick up some good tickets for a reasonable price (especially for Rangers games). Easy to ignore but they definitely know a tourist when they see one!