Television history will be made Wednesday night when the world’s first home-broadcasted, live 3D sporting event will bring the Rangers-Islanders game to you in 3D. And by "you," we mean the handful of people who own the 3D high-definition TVs that went on sale about a week ago. But if you don't have one of the TVs or know anyone who does, there's another way to be a part of history. MSG will host a "viewing event" with 2,500 guests, and while most of them will be sponsors or Cablevision employees, about 600 of the tickets will be on sale for the public for $20, Crain's reports.
The 3D game will be broadcast at the Theater at Madison Square Garden, just downstairs from where the actual three-dimensional game will be played in boring, unmediated reality. During the sporting contest, five recently-purchased 3D cameras will be positioned on platforms lower down in the arena than for regular high-def broadcasts. "You produce 3D games differently," Mike Bair, the president of MSG Media, tells the Times. "And you have to hold shots longer and not cut as quickly." Producers hope the game will augur a new era of television magic, but you've got to feel a little sorry for Islanders fans, because losing stings three times worse in 3D.
