The Games will also be screened along with live entertainment at Trafalgar Square and at Potters Field by CityHall, bringing further travel congestion.
As the owner of the New York Rangers, the New York Knicks, Madison Square Garden itself and Radio City Music Hall, MSG shares are likely to benefit as the Rangers push deep into the playoffs.
More than 2, 200 bands turned virtually every square foot of the city into a music hall last year, and organizers promise to ramp it up even more in 2013.