The spacious third floor is home to the New Balance Track and Field Center : A 200-meter , six-lane banked mondo track , two large runways and sand pits , a pole vault pit , and a throws cage . The Center is widely regarded as one of the premier indoor track and field facilities in the United States . The Center plays host to a number of meets at the high school , college , and professional/open/masters level each year , including the NSIC indoor national meet , the Big East and Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference conference meets , and the New Balance Games . A number of college programs &ndash; such as Columbia University , New York University , Saint John 's University , St. Francis College , City College of New York and Iona College &ndash; utilize it as their home indoor track . In May 2011 the President of the Millrose Games announced that , starting in January 2012 , that notable event would move from Madison Square Garden , its home since 1914 , to the Fort Washington Avenue Armory , with a new all-day Saturday schedule replacing the previous Friday evening format
Big East
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Fort Washington Avenue Armory