New York Knicks team owner James Dolan was back to his usual kicking out ways in a recent concert which featured Dolan's own band, JD & Straight Shot.
Bloomberg reporter Polly Mosendz experienced Dolan's iron fist first-hand as the journalist was literally kicked out of the concert venue after she attempted (and failed) to speak with Dolan during the event. Mosendz recounts the events in her write-up for Bloomberg Businessweek.
He was not happy that a reporter had come to see his show. He said he hadn’t authorized an interview and that I wasn’t allowed to be there—despite this being a public show in a public venue—and repeatedly insisted that his music was not about him and therefore should not be mentioned in the article (an article about a CEO whose company happens to run one of the world’s most significant music venues). At one point, he flipped my notebook closed. Finally he stormed off and summoned security guards to make me leave. When I protested, one of them offered me cash to cover the cost of my ticket. He said that while removing reporters was not the venue’s policy, Dolan was the headliner and could make such requests.
I declined the cash and was escorted through the lobby and out to the curb. Later I contacted MSG to ask for comment about the incident. A spokesperson for the company asked that the following statement be included in the story, in its entirety: “The reporter was there to write a story about the Knicks. The Knicks were not playing that evening.”
This is undeniably another bad look for Dolan, who seems to have a knack for kicking people out on a whim. No one is envying the New York Knicks right now — that's for sure.
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