Metropolitan Stadium
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Metropolitan Stadium was an outdoor sports stadium in the north central United States, located in Bloomington, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis.
Aerial view from southeast in 1962
Batting practice in 1963
Hosting the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday, July 30, 1964.
Twins game in July 1981
Minnesota Vikings
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The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. The Vikings compete in the National Football League as a member of the National Football Conference North division
Metropolitan Stadium
…Baseball were the original tenant from 1956 to 1960, but Metropolitan Stadium was best known as the home of the American League's Minnesota Twins and the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL); both played at the "Met" for 21 seasons, from 1961 through 1981. The Minnesota Kicks of the North American Soccer…
Head coach Bud Grant (1967–1983 and 1985)
The Vikings' famed Purple People Eaters defensive line stopping a Rams rush in the 1977 NFC Divisional Playoff game.
"Two-minute" Tommy Kramer (1977–1989)
Cris Carter's Hall of Fame display. Carter was a Viking from 1990 to 2001.