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It was also one of the most important venues for the burgeoning rock-music scene in Minnesota in the 1950s and 1960s. [2] The ballroom was one of the final stops (January 28, 1959) on the infamous, ill-fated "Winter Dance Party", the Buddy Holly-led tour which ended in the plane crash that killed Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens. The ...
The Met Center was an indoor arena that stood in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States, a suburb of Minneapolis. The arena, which was completed in 1967 by Minnesota Ice, just to the north of Metropolitan Stadium, seated 15,000. It was the home of the Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1967 to 1993.
Bloomington: 7,000 1921 Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts 1,200 June 11, 2006 SeatGeek Stadium: Bridgeview: 28,000 March 2, 1963 State Farm Center: Champaign: 15,500 1969 Foellinger Great Hall: 2,058 November 3, 1923 Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois) 60,670 August 15, 1904 Ravinia Pavilion: Highland Park: 3,350 1926 Aragon ...
The James J. Hill House in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, was built by railroad magnate James J. Hill. The house, completed in 1891, is near the eastern end of Summit Avenue near the Cathedral of Saint Paul. The house, for its time, was very large and was the "showcase of St. Paul" until James J. Hill's death in 1916. [1]
Roy Wilkins Auditorium (nicknamed The Roy) is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in St. Paul, Minnesota.Designed by the renowned municipal architect Clarence W. Wigington, it was built in 1932 as an arena extension to the existing St. Paul Auditorium (built 1906–1907).
Blending Irish history with music and dance, "A Taste of Ireland" brings world championship dancers to Bloomington's Buskirk-Chumley Theater.
The 2016 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held from January 15–24 in Saint Paul, Minnesota at the Xcel Energy Center and Bloomington Ice Garden. [1] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing at the senior, junior, novice, intermediate, and juvenile levels.
Built in 1856 on the bluffs of the Minnesota River, the Gideon H. Pond House is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places.. In 1839, with renewed conflict with the Ojibwa nation, Chief Cloud Man relocated his band of the Mdewakanton Sioux from Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis to an area named Oak Grove in southern Bloomington, close to present-day Portland Avenue. [13]