Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Lustgarten Andrew
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/15/2017
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Madison Square Garden Co [MSG]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
2 PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
President
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10121
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Class A Common Stock 250
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Units   (1) 09/11/2018 Class A Common Stock 339 $ 0 D  
Restricted Stock Units   (2) 09/26/2019 Class A Common Stock 646 $ 0 D  
Restricted Stock Units   (3) 08/30/2020 Class A Common Stock 2,100 $ 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Lustgarten Andrew
2 PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA
NEW YORK, NY 10121
      President  

Signatures

/s/ Mark C. Cresitello, Attorney-in-Fact for Andrew Lustgarten 12/18/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Each restricted stock unit ("RSU") was granted on October 14, 2015 under The Madison Square Garden Company 2015 Employee Stock Plan ("MSG 2015 Employee Stock Plan") and represents a right to receive one share of Class A Common Stock or the cash equivalent thereof. One-third of the original grant of 1,017 RSUs vested and were settled on each of September 9, 2016 and September 11, 2017. The remaining one-third of the RSUs will vest on September 11, 2018.
(2) Each RSU was granted on September 26, 2016 under MSG 2015 Employee Stock Plan and represents a right to receive one share of Class A Common Stock or the cash equivalent thereof. One-third of the original grant of 970 RSUs vested and were settled on September 26, 2017. The remaining two-thirds of the RSUs will vest in equal installments on each of September 26, 2018 and September 26, 2019.
(3) Each RSU was granted on August 30, 2017 under MSG 2015 Employee Stock Plan and represents a right to receive one share of Class A Common Stock or the cash equivalent thereof. The RSUs will vest in three equal installments on each of August 30, 2018, August 30, 2019 and August 30, 2020.

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