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Minneapolis [a] is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. [4] With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 census, it is the state's most populous city. [7]
Minneapolis–Saint Paul was the site of the second-costliest act of civil disobedience in U.S. history, after the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. [14] Local protests and riots caused an estimated $550 million in damages [15] and affected around 1,600 businesses. [16]
Minnesota produces ethanol fuel and is the first to mandate its use, a 10% mix . [116] In 2019 there were more than 411 service stations supplying E85 fuel, comprising 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline. [117] A 2% biodiesel blend has been required in diesel fuel since 2005. Minnesota is ranked in the top ten for wind energy production.
U.S. Bank Stadium is an enclosed stadium located in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.Built on the former site of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, the indoor stadium opened in 2016 and is the home of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL); it also hosts early season college baseball games of the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers.
Government Plaza station is a Metro light rail station on the Blue Line and Green Line in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The station is located on 5th Street South, between 3rd and 4th Avenues South in downtown Minneapolis. This station opened on June 26, 2004, with initial light rail service in the Twin Cities.
Block E at 6th Street and Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Mayo Clinic Square on Block E in downtown Minneapolis, is a building bounded by Hennepin Avenue, North 6th Street, North 7th Street, and 1st Avenue North. It is part of the Downtown West neighborhood in Minneapolis, historically known as
The Minneapolis Steel Arch Bridge, or Hennepin Avenue Bridge, photographed for the Historic American Building Survey in 1986. Seeking to put itself in a strong position following the lifting of Prohibition, the Minneapolis Brewing Company erected several Grain Belt beer signs around Minneapolis by 1938, including one at the Marigold Ballroom and another at 101 East Hennepin Avenue. [1]
The average monthly temperature of Minneapolis varies from 13 °F or −11 °C in January to 73 °F or 23 °C in July.. Because of its location in North America, Minnesota experiences temperature extremes characteristic of a continental climate, with cold winters and mild to hot summers in the south and frigid winters and generally cool summers in the north. [2]