Here’s what happens when you step inside: your actual surroundings transform. You find yourself on a basketball half-court. At first, the walls around you are white as the THX 1138 set. But then those walls come to life. Suddenly, you’re surrounded by a realistic-looking crowd, because the walls are actually massive LED displays.
But wait, there’s more: The floor beneath you morphs into parquet. Which arena’s parquet? It depends what you selected while you were waiting in line. On wall-mounted iPads outside the scene you choose a scenario, and two of them are storybook moments from Jordan’s career.

There is a small army prepping the site at the Flatiron Pedestrian Plaza, yet many who live in the area are giving the star-studded event a frigid reception. Those in the area had hoped to put a stop to all of this.

World’s largest House of Hoops opens at 2 Penn Plaza, right outside of Madison Square Garden.