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Parade Stadium

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Parade Stadium is a former football stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was Minneapolis's first public football stadium. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board built the 16,560-seat stadium at The Parade, a park just west of downtown, in 1951. It was meant for high school, amateur, and small-college games. The stadium was also used for summertime Minneapolis Aquatennial festivities for over forty years.

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Parade Stadium
Emerson Avenue South, Minneapolis Bde Maka Ska - Isles

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Emerson Avenue South
55403 Minneapolis, Bde Maka Ska - Isles
Minnesota, United States
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