Jordan Brand will release the Air Jordan 1 Low OG "Last Dance in the Garden" globally at 10:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, September 26, a limited-feel drop built around Michael Jordan's final Madison Square Garden appearance as a Chicago Bull.
The shoe explicitly references the 1998 jordan game at MSG in which Jordan scored 42 points while wearing the Air Jordan 1 High "Chicago," a moment he later called out in The Last Dance by saying "Madison Square Garden was his favorite place to play." That 1998 outing—when Jordan put up 42 points—anchors the new low-top's story and the colorway's timing.
The colorway leans on a white base with a red-and-black "garden" motif on the overlays and Metallic Gold accents across the shoe. The Nike Swoosh is outlined in Metallic Gold and the black Swoosh on the lateral side receives gold trim; the original Air Jordan Wings logo is stitched into the heels in Metallic Gold. Knicks blue and orange appear on a lace loop below the Nike Air branding and a blue-and-orange striped lace loop on the tongue serves as an explicit nod to New York. The lower three rows of eyelets are gold, and the red insoles carry a blue Nike Air logo on the right shoe and an orange one on the left.
Jordan Brand tapped Knicks superfan Fat Joe to debut the colorway, a promotional choice that reinforces the shoe's ties to Madison Square Garden and the city's basketball culture. The drop will be available on the Nike SNKRS app, at Jordan stores and through select retail partners in adult, big kids, little kids and toddler sizing.
Pricing is tiered: $140 for adult pairs, $120 for big kids, $80 for little kids and $65 for toddlers. The brand has confirmed the global launch time—10:00 a.m. ET on Sept. 26—making the window for buyers and resellers clear, if brief.
The shoe's commemorative intent collides with an awkward piece of memory: Jordan himself said in The Last Dance that his feet were bleeding at halftime because of his Air Jordan 1s. He wore the Air Jordan 1 High "Chicago" during that 1998 game, a pair that was already 13 years old at the time and described as technologically outdated—an unglamorous detail that sits oddly alongside a celebratory, premium reissue.
What Jordan Brand has not disclosed is how many pairs will be released, and that omission is the story's remaining pivot point. A global launch at a set hour guarantees frenzy; whether the drop behaves like an open release or a scarcity-driven limited edition will determine how many buyers actually get pairs at retail prices and how quickly resale markets respond.
Collectors and casual buyers alike should mark 10:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 26, and decide in advance where they'll try for pairs—Nike SNKRS, a Jordan store or a retail partner—because the brand has locked the clock but left allocation unclear. The design ties every detail back to that last Madison Square Garden night, but the only unanswered question now is how rare the shoes themselves will be when the cart button goes live.
