Felt Forum
Hulu Theater was officially named what from 1968 to 1991?
Hulu Theater The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden is a theater located in New York Citys Madison Square Garden . It seats between 2,000 and 5,600 for concerts and can also be used for meetings , stage shows and graduation ceremonies . No seat is more than from the stage . Since it is located beneath the main Madison Square Garden arena , the theater has a relatively low ceiling at stage level and all of its seating except for boxes on the two side walls is on one level slanted back from the stage . There is an lobby at the theater . History . When the Garden opened in 1968 , the theater was known as the Felt Forum , in honor of then-president Irving Mitchell Felt . In the early 1990s , at the behest of then-owner Paramount Communications , the theater was renamed the Paramount Theater after the Paramount Theatre in Times Square had been converted to an office tower . The theater received its next name , The Theater at Madison Square Garden , in the mid-1990s , after Viacom bought Paramount and sold the MSG properties . In 2007 , the theater was renamed the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden through a naming rights deal with Washington Mutual . After Washington Mutuals collapse in 2009 , the name reverted to The Theater at Madison Square Garden . In 2018 , the theater signed a deal with Hulu to become the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden . Events . It was the host for Mike Tysons fourteenth professional fight against Sammy Scaff on December 6 , 1985 . The theater occasionally hosts boxing matches on nights when the main arena is unavailable , or fights between promising boxers who management believe will not fill up the big room . Music band Menudos February 5 , 1983 , concert at Madison Square Garden was held at the Felt Forum . It was member Xavier Serbias last official concert with the band ( he would return to the band in 1983 for another Madison Square Garden show to substitute for an ill Ricky Melendez ) and the first for member Ray Reyes . This concert was transmitted live to most Latin American countries , including Argentina , Brazil , Chile , Colombia , Costa Rica , Ecuador , El Salvador , Guatemala , Honduras , Mexico , Nicaragua , Panama , Peru , Puerto Rico , the Dominican Republic , Uruguay and Venezuela , and to the United States . October 21–22 , 1986 . Philippine Award-winning Music , Film and Television Megastar Sharon Cuneta performed her New York concert as part of her U.S . concert tour and received a standing ovation . This was also together with the taping of her latest movie Jack and Jill sa Amerika featuring the cities visited during the tour included as a story plot in the movie . The New York concert at the Felt Forum was opposite Elton Johns concert at Madison . The October 19 Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles concert caused a traffic jam . As Sharon became the first Filipina artist to sell out the Shrine , Mayor Bradley bestowed the Official Honorary Welcome Key to the City of Los Angeles . While in L.A . there were plans for a record deal from executives as guests watching the L.A . concert . Upon return to the Philippines she continued her television variety The Sharon Cuneta Show on ABS-CBN channel 2 . On the third show also featuring Zsa Zsa Padilla and Kuh Ledesma in 1986 she discussed her American schedule from East to West including Washington D.C . San Diego and San Francisco . TSCS ran from 1986 to 1997 as the Sunday night staple which also aired on Los Angeles Channel 18 , however on Sunday afternoon . Also a VHS was planned from highlights of the various U.S . concerts . In 1987 , the comedy concert film Eddie Murphy Raw was filmed at the Forum and released in December of that year . On December 8 , 1991 , the draw for the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification was held at the theater . WCW held two live events there , one on April 13 , 1993 , marking the first time an WCW event was ever held in New York City , and again on June 30 , 1996 . NXT held one event in the theater on November 16 , 2016 . Lucha Libre AAA and Impact Wrestling hosted Lucha Invades NY on September 15 , 2019 . The theater was home to an annual staging of A Christmas Carol from 1994 to 2003 . It was the home of the NFL draft from 1995 until 2004 . In 2005 the NFL Draft moved to the Jacob K . Javits Convention Center , after MSG management opposed a new stadium for the New York Jets . It also hosted the NBA draft from 2001 to 2010 . From 2004 to 2006 and in 2008 Theatre of MSG hosted the Jammy Award honoring improvisational music . In 2013 was revived at the theater for a limited engagement . The first ever mixed martial arts event held at the theater was on December 31 , 2016 . Future . In January 2016 , New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a redevelopment proposal for Penn Station that would involve the removal of The Theater at Madison Square Garden .