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Madison Square Garden higher after Blue Harbour says shares worth $400

Shares of Madison Square Garden after higher after the CEO of activist investor Blue Harbour Group, Clifton Robbins, told Bloomberg in an interview, “We think Madison Square Garden is on a path to create and unlock significant shareholder value. We think the shares are worth about $400 a share today.” Blue Harbour, which owns a 4% stake in MSG, has been pushing the company to explore ways to improve its performance, including selling a stake in its pro-sports franchises before taking them public, Scott Deveau of Bloomberg points out. Blue Harbor estimates the Knicks and Rangers are worth as much as $7.2B alone, or about 10% higher than the market value of MSG as a whole, Deveau adds. Shares of Madison Square Garden are up 1% to $274.26 in morning trading.