Madison Square Garden’s surveillance system banned this fan over his T-shirt design
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Summary
For 40 years, Frank Miller didn’t miss a birthday, anniversary, or special event at New York’s Radio City Music Hall for years, however, all that came to an end when he was suddenly informed he was banned from the establishment along with all other venues owned by Madison Square Garden (MSG) for reasons unknown.
Miller suspected he was identified via facial recognition technology after he designed a T-shirt several years ago reading “Ban Dolan” in reference to the infamous scuffle between former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley and Knicks owner and Madison Square Garden CEO James Dolan.
A friend of Miller’s wore the shirt to a Knicks game in 2021 and was subsequently banned from future events, but this time Miller was not even at the game and only came to drop his parents off from across the street, but was perplexed when he was stopped by security and told he was banned from the venue for life.
MSG Entertainment refused to comment on the record about facial recognition software.