Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Metropolitan Stadium was the home of the Minnesota Kicks soccer team from 1976 until the team folded in November 1981. The Kicks, members of the North American Soccer League (NASL), were highly anticipated in Minnesota and had to delay their first game at the Met by fifteen minutes to accommodate the large crowd waiting to buy tickets. [25]
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.
In the mid-1990s a $30 million convention center was added, which is the site of numerous social, business and entertainment events, and features the 26,000 sq ft (2,400 m 2) Lake Superior Ballroom, the 12,000 sq ft (1,100 m 2) Harborside Ballroom, and 25 Meeting Rooms.
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.
This is where the building gained its "Metropolitan" name, even though it changed hands a few more times before succumbing to the wrecking ball. [3] A view up to the skylight. There was little practical reason to tear down the building. Records from the day indicate that it was safe and almost fully occupied at the time it was condemned.
The Metropolitan University Club (1936–1990), created from merger of previous Metropolitan Social & Athletic Club (1936) and University Club of San Jose (1957), insolvent [54] The Sainte Claire Club (1895) [54] [55] The Silicon Valley Athletic Club (1981), until 2012 called the San Jose Athletic Club [54] [56]
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 Metropolitan Opera House was a historic opera house located in Saint Paul, Minnesota located at 100 East Sixth Street. Plans to build the house began after the Grand Opera House burned down on January 21, 1889.