Inside A Billionaire's AI Spy Network: The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine
Inside A Billionaire's AI Spy Network: The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine  
Podcast: Taylor Lorenz’s Power User
Published On: Fri Apr 24 2026
Description: The Billionaire Who Built a Private Surveillance StateSupport my independent journalism: 🙏 Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/taylorlorenz       ⁠ 🗞️ Buy a paid subscription to my Substack: ⁠https://www.usermag.co Sports arenas and concert venues are becoming high-tech surveillance "deep states." In this video, I dive into the explosive Wired report by Noah Shachtman and Robert Silverman that reveals how the owner of a ton of NYC concert venues and sports arenas uses facial recognition and private investigators to track, monitor, and ban anyone he deems an enemy.From tracking trans women at Pride Night to banning lawyers and 14-year-old kids for social media posts, the level of surveillance at MSG, Radio City, and The Sphere is unprecedented. Is this the future of privacy for sports fans and concert-goers? I sat down with Noah Shachtman to discuss the chilling secrets of the new billionaire surveillance machine.Full WIRED story: https://www.wired.com/story/madison-square-garden-jim-dolan-surveillance-machine