Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington, MN, Spring 1956 - After seeing the Braves relocate from Boston to Milwaukee in 1953, city officials from Minneapolis got energized and started exploring building a new modern ballpark in hopes of doing the same. Neither of the two minor league parks (Nicollet Park and Lexington Park) in the area was adequate to be temporary homes for an MLB team, so if Minneapolis wanted a team, they had to be proactive go with the thought process of "If you build it, they will come.".

And it would work.

After purchasing 160 acres of farmland in nearby Bloomington, construction would start in June of 1955 and Metropolitan Stadium would be completed in less than a year. They built it and indeed they did come. First it was the New York Giants who showed in interest, but in the end, it would be the Washington Senators choosing the Land of 10,000 Lakes as their new home and moving in time for the 1961 season.

-Ron A. Bolton

They then put the mall of America pretty much on top of it.

Osky

Pretty interesting

Is the ballpark on the same spot today?

Thank you. Didn't the Vikings play here, too?

Remember going to some of the games there watching Harmon Killebrew hit pop ups completely out of the stadium.

That’s a cool picture. Twin Cities area is a classic example of suburban sprawl. Sometimes see an old barn nestled in among a housing development

Right on top actually

Home base plate is still there