Subsequent cease: Trump Station!
We hear that President Trump held a secret assembly with Madison Sq. Backyard boss James Dolan final week about plans for Penn Station — and pushed to get his personal identify placed on the thirty fourth Avenue hub.
A spokesperson for Dolan had no remark.
White Home spokesman Davis Ingle advised us, “President Trump is targeted on saving our nation – not giving recognition. Whereas we don’t touch upon non-public conferences that will or could not have taken place, President Trump undoubtedly helps a robust, revitalized Penn Station that may higher serve New York and New Yorkers.”
The request has already been closed. When Gov. Kathy Hochul was requested if she could be keen to rename the Moynihan Practice Corridor at Penn Station for Trump in March, she responded “due to my lifeless physique.” Final yr, she stated, “Hell no,” however joked that if Trump invested about $7 billion to renovate the rail heart, “Who is aware of?”
Plans to renovate the notoriously dirty Penn, which is owned by Amtrak, have been within the works for years – however the well-known stadium poses a serious drawback.
There are three finalists for the title of “lead developer” within the working, with the choice anticipated to be made in Could.
One of many plans “proposes transferring Madison Sq. Backyard from its present location atop the station to a location adjoining to midtown Manhattan — a transfer that may require James Dolan’s approval,” says an article in Politico.
However as not too long ago as 2023, Dolan was defiant, declaring: “No. I am not transferring Madison Sq. Backyard. It is in the suitable place proper now.”
However now that the Trump administration is concerned, he could have softened.
In April 2025, the US Division of Transportation introduced its intention to intervene.
In March, Gothamist reported that Trump and a “delegation of politically linked Trump supporters offered the plan in a closed-door Oval Workplace assembly in September” and that he “stated he would take severely a plan to rebuild Penn Station and transfer Madison Sq. Backyard if the influential area proprietor was keen to play ball, in accordance with sources accustomed to the discussions.”
NBC Information beforehand reported that the Trump administration requested Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer to assist renaming Penn Station and Dulles Airport in his honor in change for offering cash for a separate rail tunnel venture. Schumer rejected the provide and Trump subsequently launched the funding.