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Target Field during a game vs. Kansas City in 2010. Target Field is the Twins/Senators sixth ballpark, and the franchise's third in Minnesota. The Twins had played 28 seasons at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, and before that 21 seasons at Metropolitan Stadium.
The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (commonly called the Metrodome) was a domed sports stadium in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.It opened in 1982 as a replacement for Metropolitan Stadium, the former home of the National Football League's (NFL) Minnesota Vikings and Major League Baseball's (MLB) Minnesota Twins, and Memorial Stadium, the former home of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team.
In October 1960, Calvin Griffith announced that his Washington Senators would move to Metropolitan Stadium as the Minnesota Twins. The Twins played their first home game on April 21, 1961, with a loss to the new Washington Senators (now the Texas Rangers). The Millers and Saints were then promptly folded by Major League Baseball.
The Minneapolis Millers (1884–1960) and St. Paul Saints (1901–1960; team photo of 1920 pictured) of AAA played in Minnesota before the arrival of the Twins in 1961. Renamed the Minnesota Twins, the team set up shop in Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, a suburb of Minneapolis. Success came quickly to the team in Minnesota.
Minnesota Twins spring training venues (4 P) W. ... Pages in category "Minnesota Twins stadiums" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Home of: Minnesota Twins - AL (1982-2009) Location: 900 5th Street South; 4th Street South (northeast, left field); Chicago Avenue/Kirby Puckett Way (northwest, third base); 5th and 6th Streets (southwest, first base); 11th Avenue South (southeast, right field) Currently: Demolished 2014; U.S. Bank Stadium opened on the site in September, 2016
It is the first of three spectator sports stadiums that have been built for the major tenants of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome – the Gophers and two professional teams, the Minnesota Twins baseball and Minnesota Vikings football teams. [11] [12]
Minnesota Twins (1991–present) Hammond Stadium [5] 7,500 Philadelphia Athletics (1925–36) Cleveland Indians (1941–42) Pittsburgh Pirates (1955–68) Kansas City Royals (1969–87) Jupiter: Florida/Miami Marlins (2002–present) St. Louis Cardinals (1998–present) Roger Dean Stadium [6] 6,871 Montreal Expos (1998–2001) North Port