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Excelsior Amusement Park opened in 1925 and was run by Fred W. Pearce, an established amusement park operator and roller coaster builder. [7] A streetcar line from Minneapolis brought guests to the park from Memorial Day through Labor Day until the line was closed in 1932. [4] Excelsior Amusement Park was very popular in the 1940s and 1950s.
The Commons and Port of Excelsior is a 13-acre (5.3 ha) municipal park developed in 1854. [20] Other notable recreation areas include Excelsior Parkland and the Lake Minnetonka shoreline. [21] Since 1935, the Apple Days festival has been held in Excelsior annually to celebrate apple-picking season. [22]
The Riverview's lobby, largely unchanged since 1956. The Riverview is located in Minneapolis's Howe neighborhood and seats 700 patrons. [4] Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the theater typically played second-run films for between $2–3 per ticket and its concessions were also "much cheaper than at the suburban multiplexes". [14]
The following is a list of television stations owned by the Ion Media Television division of the Ion Media unit of Katz Broadcasting (d/b/a Scripps Networks), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company since January 7, 2021.
Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle (Belle Plaine, MN), founded in 1993 Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company (Chicago, IL), a U.S. motorcycle manufacturer operating in Chicago from 1907 to 1931 Henderson Motorcycle , a division of the above company from 1919 to 1931
The Telefarm Towers is a transmission site for FM radio and television broadcasting in Shoreview, Minnesota consisting of two guyed towers.. The towers, called Shoreview Towers by local residents, are owned by Telefarm, Inc., a joint venture of Twin Cities broadcasters CBS Television Stations (WCCO channel 4), Hubbard Broadcasting (KSTP channel 5, KSTC channel 5.2, KSTP-FM 94.5 FM, and KTMY ...
The Trylon Cinema (formerly Trylon microcinema) is a 90-seat movie theater in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The cinema was founded and is currently run by Take-Up Productions, a group of volunteers who got their start at the Oak Street Cinema before establishing the Trylon in 2009 within a former warehouse.
In October 1954, the show was the first local program in the Twin Cities to be broadcast in color, using an experimental system. [1] In January 1959, its rating was nearly three times that of the nearest competitor, American Bandstand. A memorable live event at Excelsior Amusement Park at Lake Minnetonka in 1958 saw an attendance of 12,000.