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U.S. Bank Stadium Light Rail METRO Station, Minneapolis (39933190241)
U.S. Bank Stadium Light Rail METRO Station, Minneapolis (39933190241)

U.S. Bank Stadium station (formerly Downtown East/Metrodome (2004–13) and Downtown East (2014–16)) station is a light rail station on the METRO Blue Line and Green Line in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The station is located next to U.S. Bank Stadium, where the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome plaza used to be at the east end of downtown Minneapolis. It is a side-platform station. Service began at this station when the Blue Line opened on June 26, 2004. In March 2016, the station was renamed to U.S. Bank Stadium station, after the new stadium planned for the Minnesota Vikings; for the station's naming rights, Metro will receive $300,000 annually from the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority and the team in the form of in-stadium promotions, advertising and marketing support to encourage transit ridership to stadium events.

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U.S. Bank Stadium station
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U.S. Bank Stadium
U.S. Bank Stadium

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. The Vikings played at the Metrodome from 1982 until its closure in 2013; during construction, the Vikings played two seasons (2014, 2015) at the open-air TCF Bank Stadium on the campus of the University of Minnesota.On June 17, 2016, U.S. Bank Stadium was deemed substantially complete by contractor Mortenson Construction, six weeks before the ribbon-cutting ceremony and official grand opening on July 22. Authority to use and occupy the stadium was handed over to the Vikings and the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority. The Vikings played their first preseason game at U.S. Bank Stadium on August 28; the home opener of the regular season was in week two against the Green Bay Packers on September 18, a 17–14 victory.It was the first fixed-roof stadium built in the NFL since Ford Field in Detroit, which opened in 2002. As of March 2015, the overall budget was estimated to be $1.061 billion, with $348 million from the state of Minnesota, $150 million from the city of Minneapolis, and $551 million from the team and private contributions. U.S. Bank Stadium hosted Super Bowl LII won by the Philadelphia Eagles on February 4, 2018, the ESPN X Games on July 19–22, 2018, and the NCAA Final Four won by the Virginia Cavaliers on April 6–8, 2019.

Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (commonly called the Metrodome) was a domed sports stadium located 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. The Metrodome was the home of the Vikings from 1982 to 2013, the Twins from 1982 to 2009, the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Minnesota Timberwolves in their 1989–90 inaugural season, the Golden Gophers football team from 1982 to 2008, and the occasional home of the Golden Gophers baseball team from 1985 to 2010 and their full-time home in 2012. It was also the home of the Minnesota Strikers of the North American Soccer League in 1984. The Vikings played at the University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium for the 2014 and 2015 NFL seasons, ahead of the planned opening of U.S. Bank Stadium in 2016. The stadium had a fiberglass fabric roof that was self-supported by air pressure and was the third major sports facility to have this feature (the first two being the Pontiac Silverdome and the Carrier Dome). The Metrodome was similar in design to the former RCA Dome and to BC Place, though BC Place was reconfigured with a retractable roof in 2010. The Metrodome was the inspiration for the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. The stadium was the only facility to have hosted a Super Bowl (1992), World Series (1987, 1991), MLB All-Star Game (1985) and NCAA Division I Basketball Final Four (1992, 2001). The Metrodome had several nicknames such as "The Dome", "The Thunderdome", "The Homer Dome." and “The Technodome”. Preparation for the demolition of the Metrodome began the day after the facility hosted its final home game for the Minnesota Vikings on December 29, 2013, and the roof was deflated and demolition began on January 18, 2014. The Metrodome was torn down in sections while construction of U.S. Bank Stadium began.

J.I. Case Building
J.I. Case Building

The J.I. Case Building in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota was a warehouse and branch headquarters of the J.I. Case Threshing Machine Company. The building was part of a new warehousing development in Minneapolis, because wholesalers were starting to outgrow the warehouse district on the north side of downtown. Former Minneapolis mayor William Henry Eustis was promoting a new warehouse district on the south side of downtown, and had attracted some farm implement companies by the early 1900s. The J.I. Case Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021 for its role in commerce and in community planning and development. Jerome Increase Case founded the J.I. Case Threshing Machine Company in Racine, Wisconsin in 1842. The company acquired a reputation for good customer service and high-quality products. Their products were sold by independent jobbers, as well as a network of company-owned distribution houses known as "branch houses". The J.I. Case Implement Company, a jobber, initially started sales at a warehouse at 308-310 Third Avenue North, in the traditional warehouse district. By 1900, they had expanded their warehouse space, but they needed more space than was available in that district. Minneapolis was becoming a major hub for the distribution of farm machinery, and by 1908 it was the largest distribution point in the world. By 1915, the dollar volume of farm implements sold in Minneapolis exceeded the dollar volume of the flour and grain trade. William Henry Eustis was promoting a new warehouse district on the south side of downtown, but there were some seedy elements in that part of town. An alley south of Washington Avenue between Park and Chicago Avenues was known as "Fish Alley", because a fish market had previously been located there. It was surrounded by overcrowded apartment buildings and was known for drinking parties and fights. Residents were warned, "It isn’t safe to go into the alley, unless you have a gun and policeman with you, and then you are not safe." There was also a dance hall and four saloons facing Washington Avenue on the block. By 1906, only one saloon remained, as a result of an effort to clean up the area, and fighting was reduced, but Fish Alley was still known for criminals and loose women. Some redevelopment was occurring in the area, though. The Great Northern Implement Company (also known as the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Building) built a location west of Park Avenue on Third Street. Advance Thresher built an architecturally distinguished structure on the east side of Park Avenue at Third Street, and Emerson-Newton Implement Company built a building immediately adjacent to Advance-Thresher. In the spring of 1903, Case purchased several properties on Washington Avenue between Park and Chicago Avenues. By September 1903, Case applied for a building permit for a "large $125,000 building". Construction did not begin immediately, though, because the company was preoccupied with a warehouse fire that destroyed 110 threshing machines, a new headquarters building in Racine, and a new thresher made entirely of steel. By September 1906, the company was finally ready to build, so they applied for a building permit for a brick warehouse with three stories and a basement, 70 feet (21 m) tall and measuring 115 feet (35 m) by 132 feet (40 m) with an estimated cost of $50,000. They selected the firm of Kees and Colburn, who had designed the Advance-Thresher and Emerson-Newton buildings on the same block. The building was completed by October 1907. By the late 1950s, farming was facing a change. 850,000 farms had been lost between 1954 and 1959, and other farmers bought out the land of those farms that folded. With fewer farmers and larger farms, the sales of agricultural implements had dropped 25 percent by 1960. Downtown Minneapolis was also changing, with more traffic and older buildings that had accumulated deferred maintenance during the Great Depression and World War II. In 1959, Case moved its branch office to a building on Minnesota State Highway 55 in Eagan, Minnesota. The downtown Minneapolis building became a warehouse for Minneapolis House Furnishings. In the early 1990s, the building was remodeled to house offices and a restaurant, the Old Spaghetti Factory, which opened in 1994. The Old Spaghetti Factory closed in 2019.