>>MSG has pretty weak security overall...they didn't even look in my bigass bag for Panic halloween. <<
for non-taper-friendly shows, they definitely wand everyone
I got wanded once when i went to see REM, they even patted me down, felt my MD in my jacket pocket, asked me what i had in there and i replied, "oh, thats my wallet" and they let me through.
Hell of a lot better than Hammerstein ballroom, the security their are a bunch of meat heads.