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Historical · MLB · NFL
Metropolitan Stadium
Former home of the Minnesota Twins and the Minnesota Vikings
Bloomington, MN
Still to visit
Teams
Minnesota Twins
MLB · baseball
1961–1981
Minnesota Vikings
NFL · football
1961–1981
Also known as The Met · Met Stadium
Stadium facts
- Capacity
- 45,919
- Baseball for 1975–1981. Football that era is listed at 48,446 for 1977–1981. The 1956 baseball figure is 18,200.Source for capacity
- Opened
- April 24, 1956
- The Twins and Vikings arrived later and the park was expanded for them.Source for opened
Timeline
1956
1961
1964
1965
1981
1985
April 24, 1956
The Met opens
Metropolitan Stadium opened on April 24, 1956, at a cost of $8.5 million. It later brought major-league baseball and the NFL to the Twin Cities. The page says it had not aged well by the time it closed.
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