Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP AND MERGER

MERGING

THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN COMPANY

WITH AND INTO

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, INC.

Pursuant to Section 253 of the

General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), does hereby certify to the following facts relating to the merger of THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Subsidiary”), with and into the Company, with the Company remaining as the surviving corporation under the name of THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN COMPANY (the “Merger”).

FIRST: The Company was incorporated pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) on the 29^th day of July 2009.

SECOND: The Company owns all of the outstanding shares of each class of capital stock of the Subsidiary, a corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of the DGCL on the 2nd day of May, 2011.

THIRD: The Board of Directors of the Company, by the following resolutions duly adopted on May 5, 2011, determined to merge the Subsidiary with and into the Company pursuant to Section 253 of the DGCL and did adopt the following resolutions:

WHEREAS, the Company desires to change its name to The Madison Square Garden Company pursuant to Section 253(b) of the General Corporation Law (the “Name Change”);

WHEREAS, in order to effect the Name Change, the Company desires to incorporate a corporation named The Madison Square Garden Company (the “Subsidiary”) under the General Corporation Law and to acquire one (1) share of Common Stock, par value of $.01 per share, of the Subsidiary (collectively, the “Incorporation”);

WHEREAS, following the effectiveness of the Incorporation, the Company will own all of the outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Subsidiary; and

WHEREAS, in order to effect the Name Change the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed it advisable that the Subsidiary following the effectiveness of the Incorporation be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”) pursuant to Section 253 of the General Corporation following the effectiveness of the Incorporation.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT HEREBY IS

RESOLVED, that the Incorporation is hereby authorized and approved in all respects; and it is further

RESOLVED, that following the Incorporation, the Company is hereby authorized to effect the Name Change by merging the Subsidiary with and into the Company pursuant to Section 253 of the General Corporation Law; and it is further

RESOLVED, that by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, each then outstanding share of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) shall remain unchanged and continue to remain outstanding as one share of Common Stock, held by the person who was the holder of such share of Common Stock immediately prior to the Merger; and it is further

RESOLVED, that by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, each then outstanding share of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Subsidiary shall be cancelled and no consideration shall be issued in respect thereof; and it is further

RESOLVED, that the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company as in effect immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger shall be the certificate of incorporation of the surviving corporation, except that Article FIRST thereof shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows:

“FIRST. The name of this corporation (hereinafter called the “Corporation”) is The Madison Square Garden Company.”

RESOLVED, that the proper officers of the Company be and they hereby are authorized and directed, following the effectiveness of the Incorporation, to make, execute and acknowledge, in the name and under the corporate seal of the Company, a certificate of ownership and merger for the purpose of consummating the Merger and to file the same in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and to do all other acts and things that may be necessary to carry out and effectuate the purpose and intent of the resolutions relating to the Merger; and its further

RESOLVED, that the proper officers of the Company be and they hereby are authorized and directed to do all acts and things that may be necessary to carry out and effectuate the purpose and intent of the resolutions relating to the Name Change, the Incorporation and the Merger.

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FOURTH: The Company shall be the surviving corporation of the Merger.

FIFTH: The certificate of incorporation of the Company as in effect immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger shall be the certificate of incorporation of the surviving corporation, except that Article FIRST thereof shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows:

“FIRST. The name of this corporation (hereinafter called the “Corporation”) is The Madison Square Garden Company.”

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of Ownership and Merger to be executed by its duly authorized officer this 5th day of May, 2011.

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