Target Center

Coordinates: 44°58′46″N 93°16′34″W / 44.97944°N 93.27611°W / 44.97944; -93.27611

Target Center is a multi-purpose arena located in Minneapolis that opened in 1990. It hosts major family shows, concerts, sporting events, graduations and private events. Target Corporation, founded and headquartered in Minneapolis since 1902, has held the naming rights to the arena since its opening.^[3]

Target Center

Target Center in 2018
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Address	600 First Avenue North
Location	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Public transit	Metro Transit:  Blue Line   Green Line  at Warehouse District/Hennepin Avenue  C Line
Owner	City of Minneapolis
Operator	Anschutz Entertainment Group
Capacity	Basketball: 18,798 Hockey: 17,500 Concerts: Up to 20,500
Surface	Multi-surface
Construction
Broke ground	July 12, 1988; 34 years ago (July 12, 1988)
Opened	October 13, 1990; 32 years ago (October 13, 1990)
Renovated	2004 2014 2017
Construction cost	US$104 million ($238 million in 2021 dollars^[1])
Architect	KMR Architects, Ltd.
Structural engineer	Ericksen Roed and Associates, Inc.
Services engineer	Gausman & Moore^[2]
General contractor	M.A. Mortenson Company
Tenants
Minnesota Timberwolves (NBA) (1990–present) Minnesota Lynx (WNBA) (1999–present) Minnesota Arctic Blast (RHI) (1994, 1996) Minnesota Moose (IHL) (1994–1996) Minnesota Fighting Pike (AFL) (1996) Minnesota Valkyrie (LFL) (2011–2013)
Website
Venue Website

The arena has been the home to the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA)^[4] since its opening and is currently also the home of the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).^[5] The facility has also hosted the LFL's Minnesota Valkyrie, the RHI's Minnesota Arctic Blast and the Arena Football League's Minnesota Fighting Pike in the past.

Target Center is the second-oldest arena in the NBA after Madison Square Garden, which was built in 1968.^[6]

History

 

The interior before a Timberwolves game, January 2008

 

Minnesota Lynx on the Daktronics scoreboard, part of the 2016 renovation

Management

Original Timberwolves owners Marv Wolfenson and Harvey Ratner built, owned and operated the arena for five years beginning in 1990. The venue was managed by Ogden Entertainment after the city of Minneapolis purchased the arena in 1995.^[3] Glen Taylor acquired the Timberwolves in 1994 and the Lynx in 1999.^[7]

In 2000, SFX (later Clear Channel Entertainment) took over the contract.^[8] The management was changed in May 2004 from Clear Channel to Midwest Entertainment Group, a joint venture of the Timberwolves and Nederlander Concerts.^[3]

On May 2, 2007, AEG Facilities assumed the management contract of Target Center. The city of Minneapolis owns the arena and AEG Facilities manages day-to-day operations.^[9]

Renovations

In 2004, Target Center underwent a major renovation that saw the replacement of all 19,006 of its original seats plus the addition of nearly 1,500 new seats as well as the reconfiguration of the lower bowl to make the arena more "fan-friendly". In addition the arena's original scoreboard was replaced with a new 9-by-16-foot (2.7 by 4.9 m) video screen and LED signage, LED signage on the upper deck fascia, a new lounge (Club Cambria) and improved access for fans with disabilities.^[10]

Target Center was once one of three NBA arenas with parquet floors, including TD Garden in Boston, and Amway Arena (later Amway Center) in Orlando—the floor was replaced prior to the 2007-08 NBA season.

Target Center is the first arena to have a green roof. It was unveiled on September 15, 2009.^[11] In February 2011, the Timberwolves and the city of Minneapolis introduced a $155 million proposal to remodel the Target Center. Plans included shifting the main entrance to the corner of 6th Street and First Avenue, two large glass atriums, another restaurant, and a complete remodel of the interior.^[12] The plan was approved in 2012 by the Minnesota Legislature, as part of the bill that authorized a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings.^[13][14]

On April 3, 2015, the Minneapolis City Council gave the final approval for renovation plans for Target Center. The total cost was $140 million, which upgraded the exterior, seats, technology and loading bays, among other areas. The city contributed $74 million. Glen Taylor, owner of the Timberwolves and Lynx, paid a total of $60 million; AEG contributed $5.9 million. As a result, the Timberwolves' lease will run until 2035.^[15] The renovated building reopened in October 2017.

Naming rights

On August 7, 1990, it was announced that Target had purchased the naming rights of the Timberwolves' arena and that it would be called Target Center. Since then, the naming rights have been renewed every five years. Target extended its naming rights agreement through 2014 in September 2011.^[16] In 2012, a "Target Dog" neon sign was installed to face towards Target Field as a home run celebration sign.^[17]

Basketball

It hosted the 1994 NBA All-Star Game, the 1995 NCAA Women's Final Four, 2000 NBA draft and the 2018 WNBA All-Star Game. It had been slated to host an NCAA Men's Regional Final in 2021, but on November 16, 2020, the NCAA announced that it would hold the entire tournament in one city, seeming to rule out Minneapolis. The Target Center hosted the 2022 NCAA Women's Final Four.^[18]

In 2011, the Target Center played host to its first championship event, the 2011 WNBA Finals. The Minnesota Lynx won their first two games on their home floor, and ultimately won the WNBA Championship, the first title won by a team that played in Target Center.^[19]

On April 20, 2022, it was announced that the Target Center will host the Big Ten women's basketball tournament in 2023 and 2024 and the Big Ten men's basketball tournament in 2024. [1]

Ice hockey

The Minnesota North Stars refused to move into Target Center upon its opening due to conflicting soft drink rights (their home at the time, the Met Center was served by Pepsi whereas the Target Center's pouring rights belonged to Coca-Cola).^[20][21][22] Despite this, the arena did host 6 neutral site NHL games during the 1993–94 NHL season after the North Stars' departure to Dallas, including one in which the Stars participated in. The International Hockey League's Minnesota Moose played several of their games at Target Center during their existence from 1994 to 1996. The Boys' State High School Hockey Tournament was held at Target Center in 1998 and 1999. In June 2012, it was announced that the arena would play host to the future NCHC tournament games starting in 2014.^[23] The NCHC moved the tournament to the Xcel Energy Center (home of the Twin Cities' current NHL franchise, the Wild) in nearby St. Paul starting in 2018.

Date	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score	OT	Attendance
December 9, 1993	Dallas Stars	6	Ottawa Senators	1		14,058
December 31, 1993	Philadelphia Flyers	4	Boston Bruins	3		10,855
January 17, 1994	Detroit Red Wings	6	Tampa Bay Lightning	3		8,764
March 4, 1994	Winnipeg Jets	6	Ottawa Senators	1		6,388
March 18, 1994	Buffalo Sabres	2	New York Islanders	2	(OT)	8,016
March 27, 1994	New Jersey Devils	5	Quebec Nordiques	2		6,222

Notable events

Concerts

The arena has been a popular venue that has hosted many concerts, including artists like Billy Joel, Celine Dion, Garth Brooks, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Katy Perry, Metallica, Paul McCartney, and Minnesota legend Prince.

 

The Target Center hosting a Rage Against the Machine concert.

Concert history

1990

Concerts at Target Center
Date(s)	Headliner(s)	Supporting act(s)	Event / Tour
October 17	Mannheim Steamroller	N/A	1990 Tour
October 20	The Rascals	Blood Sweat and Tears Paul Revere and the Raiders	1990 Package Tour
October 21	The Judds	N/A	1990 Tour
October 29	Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton	N/A	1990 Co-headling tour
November 3	ZZ Top	Johnny Van Zant	Recycler Tour
November 10	New Kids on the Block	St. Paul	The Magic Summer Tour
November 13, 15, 16, 19	Billy Joel	N/A	Storm Front Tour
November 21	Cheap Trick	Heart	Busted Tour
December 9	Poison	Warrant	Flesh and Blood Tour

1991

Concerts at Target Center
Date(s)	Headliner(s)	Supporting Acts	Event / Tour
January 22	Neil Young and Crazy Horse	Sonic Youth	Smell the Horse Tour
February 23	Paul Simon	N/A	Born at the Right Time Tour
March 1	Iron Maiden	Wolfsbane, Anthrax, The Almighty and King's X.	No Prayer on the Road
March 23	Clint Black	Merle Haggard Carlene Carter	1991 Tour
April 27	Whitney Houston	After 7	I'm Your Baby Tonight World Tour
May 7	Yes	N/A	Union Tour
May 8	Queensrÿche	Suicidal Tendencies	Building Empires Tour
June 12	Steve Winwood	Robert Cray Band	Refugees of the Heart Tour
July 30	Amy Grant	Sounds of Blackness	Heart in Motion Tour
August 2	Bonnie Raitt	N/A	Luck of the Draw Tour
August 5	Bell Biv DeVoe Tony! Toni! Tone! Tara Kemp Color Me Badd C+C Music Factory Gerardo	Package Tour	Club MTV Tour '91
August 21	Sting	Special Beat	The Soul Cages Tour
October 13	The Judds	Billy Dean Pirates of the Mississippi	Farewell Tour 1991
October 29	Rod Stewart	N/A	Vagabond Heart Tour
November 3	Rush	Eric Johnson	Roll the Bones Tour
November 8	Metallica	N/A	Wherever We May Roam
November 24	Jerry Garcia Band	None – Performed two sets	Fall Tour 1991
November 30	Paula Abdul	Color Me Badd	Under My Spell Tour
December 10	Michael Bolton	N/A	Time, Love and Tenderness Tour

1992

Concerts at Target Center
Date(s)	Headliner(s)	Event / Tour	Supporting act(s)
January 21–22	Guns N' Roses	Use Your Illusion Tour	Soundgarden
February 18, 19 and 20	Neil Diamond	Love in the Round Tour	N/A
March 7 and 8	John Mellencamp	Whenever We Wanted Tour	N/A
March 30	U2	Zoo TV Tour	Pixies
April 4	Travis Tritt	It's All About to Change Tour	N/A
April 17	Van Halen	For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Tour	Baby Animals
May 3	Bryan Adams	Waking Up the World Tour	The Storm
May 17	Eric Clapton	1992 Eric Clapton World Tour	N/A
May 26	MC Hammer	Too Legit to Quit Tour	N/A
June 2	The Moody Blues	1992 World Tour	Chicago
June 30	Jimmy Buffett	Recession Recess Tour	Evangeline
July 2	Ozzy Osbourne	No More Tours Tour	Slaughter Ugly Kid Joe
July 13	The Cure	The Wish Tour	Cranes
August 5	John Williams and the Boston Pops	1992 Tour	N/A – Two Sets
September 8	Elton John	The One Tour	N/A
October 30	Clint Black	The Hard Way Tour	Little Texas Aaron Tippin
October 31	Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen 1992-1993 World Tour	None – Performed two sets
November 13	Def Leppard	Adrenalize World Tour	N/A
November 27	Bad Company	Here Comes Trouble Tour	N/A

1993

Concerts at Target Center
Date(s)	Headliner(s)	Event / Tour	Supporting act(s)
January 5	Bobby Brown	Humpin' Around the World Tour	Shabba Ranks, TLC, Mary J. Blige
March 5	Travis Tritt	1993 Tour	N/A
March 6	Michael W. Smith	Change Your World Tour	N/A
March 19	Arcade	1993 Tour	N/A
March 20	Sade	Love Deluxe World Tour	N/A
April 15	Travis Tritt	1993 Tour	N/A
May 8	Reba McEntire	1993 Tour	N/A
May 22	Poison	Native Tongue Tour	Damn Yankees FireHouse
June 4	Steve Miller Band	1993 Tour	N/A
June 13	Aerosmith	Get a Grip Tour	Jackyl
June 20	Tina Turner	What's Love? Tour	Lindsey Buckingham
June 22	Sting	Ten Summoner's Tales Tour	N/A
June 30	Jimmy Buffett	Chameleon Caravan Tour	N/A
July 29	Johnny Gill	Provocative Tour 1993
October 30	Depeche Mode	Devotional Tour
December 2	Janet Jackson	Janet World Tour	Tony! Toni! Toné!

1994

Concerts at Target Center
Date(s)	Headliner(s)	Supporting act(s)	Event / Tour
January 2	Duran Duran	James	1993-94 The Dilate Your Mind Tour
February 23, 25, 26	Garth Brooks	N/A	The Garth Brooks World Tour (1993-1994)
March 10, 12	Billy Joel	N/A	River of Dreams Tour
April 8	Rush	Primus	Counterparts Tour
May 24	Bryan Adams	N/A	So Far So Good Tour
July 1	Whitney Houston	Smoothe Sylk	The Bodyguard World Tour
July 2	Meat Loaf	Fury in the Slaughterhouse	Everything Louder Tour
August 5	ZZ Top	John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers	Antenna World Tour

1995

Concerts at Target Center
Date(s)	Headliner(s)	Supporting act(s)	Event / Tour
February 4	Nine Inch Nails	Melvins,	Self Destruct Tour
February 21, 22	Eagles		Hell Freezes Over
February 24	Tim McGraw	Little Texas	All I Want Tour
March 4	Amy Grant		House of Love Tour
May 2	The Tragically Hip		Day For Night
May 13	White Zombie		Astro-Creep: 2000
May 21	Beastie Boys	DJ Hurricane	Quadraphonic Tour
May 23	Boston		Livin' for You
May 30	R.E.M.	Sonic Youth	Monster
July 30	Van Halen		Balance Tour
August 15	Bon Jovi		These Days Tour
September 10	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers		Dogs with Wings Tour
September 29	Elton John		Made in England Tour
October 7	Reba McEntire
October 24	Bob Dylan	The Jayhawks	Never Ending Tour 1995
December 9	Oasis Meat Puppets Del Amitri Goo Goo Dolls Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories	Toadies Garbage Violent Femmes Flipp	Edgecapades: KEGE Holiday Festival
December 12	Peter Frampton

1996

Concerts at Target Center
Date(s)	Headliner(s)	Supporting act(s)	Event / Tour
February 9	Ozzy Osbourne	Korn, Deftones	Retirement Sucks Tour
February 17	Jars of Clay	Michael W. Smith	I'll Lead You Home Tour
March 2	AC/DC	The Poor	Ballbreaker
March 16	Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band		It's a Mystery
April 4	Rod Stewart		A Spanner In The Works

• U2 – May 1, 2001, September 23, 2005
• Bruce Springsteen – November 29, 1999
• Josh Groban – February 23, 2005
• Garth Brooks – October 4, 1999 – October 14, 1999 (nine concerts)
• Jeff Foxworthy – June 23, 2007
• Prince – July 7, 2007
• The Moody Blues – July 15, 2007
• Nickelback – July 23, 2007, with Staind and Daughtry
• Hilary Duff – August 23, 2007
• Joan Sebastian and Pepe Aguilar – September 29, 2007
• Sugarland – October 13, 2007, April 17, 2009, May 7, 2011
• Miley Cyrus – October 21, 2007, as herself and Hannah Montana with Jonas Brothers and October 29, 2009, with Metro Station
• Van Halen – October 24, 2007
• Ozzy Osbourne – October 31, 2007
• Trans-Siberian Orchestra – December 15, 2007
• Dancing with the Stars – January 3, 2008
• Sesame Street Live – January 16–20, 2008
• Martina McBride – January 26, 2008
• Jonas Brothers – February 20, 2008
• Foo Fighters – February 27, 2008
• Avril Lavigne – March 20, 2008
• Three Days Grace – March 24, 2008
• Alicia Keys – April 30, 2008
• Kid Rock – January 7–10, 2000, August 5, 2000, March 13, 2004, and May 24, 2008
• True Colors Tour – June 9, 2008
• Kanye West – June 11, 2008
• Steve Miller Band – July 3, 2008
• Tom Petty – July 23, 2008
• Nine Inch Nails – August 2, 2008
• American Idols LIVE! Tour 2008 – August 31, 2008
• Rage Against the Machine – September 3, 2008
• Journey & Cheap Trick – September 16, 2008
• The Eagles – September 30, 2008
• Oasis – December 10, 2008
• Gorillaz – October 17, 2010
• Selena Gomez – November 21, 2013
• Celine Dion – November 1, 2019, as part of her Courage World Tour
• For King and Country – December 11, 2021
• Dua Lipa – March 1, 2022, as part of her Future Nostalgia Tour
• Roger Waters - July 30, 2022, as part of his This Is Not a Drill Tour

MMA & professional wrestling

WWE has held many events at this venue and is best known for SummerSlam 1999, Judgment Day 2005,^[24] Bragging Rights 2010, Elimination Chamber 2014, TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2017 & TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2019.

Professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling taped an episode of their weekly television show AEW Rampage at the center on November 12, 2021.^[25] The center also hosted that year's edition of their annual pay-per-view event Full Gear, which occurred the following day.^[26] AEW made their Dynamite taping debut on August 10th 2022 for a special episode entitled "Quake by the Lake"

The Target Center held the memorable UFC championship UFC 87: Seek and Destroy in August 2008, which featured the Welterweight title match where Georges St-Pierre defeated Jon Fitch.^[27]

On October 5, 2012, UFC on FX: Browne vs. Bigfoot was held at the venue.

On June 29, 2019, UFC on ESPN: Ngannou vs. dos Santos was held at the venue.

Gymnastics

In 2016, the arena hosted the Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions.^[28]

Other events

In 1991, the center hosted the 1991 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, where skater Tonya Harding became the first American woman and second in the world to land a triple axel jump in competition. Harding took home the gold medal.

In 1999, Target Center hosted the "People's Celebration" inaugural event for Gov. Jesse Ventura. The event drew 14,000 people, and included performances by Jonny Lang, Warren Zevon, and America.^[29]

The Professional Bull Riders held a Built Ford Tough Series event at Target Center during the 2003 and 2006 seasons.

The Target Center hosted the Rally for the Republic convention organized by the Campaign for Liberty, a movement founded by Texas Congressman Ron Paul, who ran an unsuccessful bid for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. Among the attendees of the convention were former Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura, Barry Goldwater Jr., and former Governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson.^[30]

The Target Center is home to the Target Corporation Annual Sales Meeting, events that host more than 10,000 retail managers and employees near Target's corporate offices. In 2018, Dave Matthews performed a short set at the event.

President Donald Trump held a rally at the arena on October 10, 2019.^[31]

Attendance records

• The current confirmed highest attendance record for a single event in the arena's history was the Timberwolves and Warriors game on March 10, 2017, attended by 20,412 people.
• The highest grossing one-day event was UFC on August 8, 2009.^[32]

U.S. Bank Theater

Target Center can convert into a 2,500-to-7,500-seat theater known as the U.S. Bank Theater. The Theater contains a movable floor-to-ceiling curtain system that allows the venue to be transformed based on specific show needs. In addition to concerts, the U.S. Bank Theater can also be used for family and Broadway shows.^[33]

Transportation and location

Target Center is a block away from the following Metro Transit stations:

• Warehouse District/Hennepin Avenue, served by the Metro Blue and Green light rail lines
• Ramp A/7th St. Transit Center that serves 11 bus routes
• Ramp B/5th St. Transit Center that serves 10 bus routes

The arena is also across the street from the well-known Minneapolis nightclub First Avenue. Target Field, the home of Major League Baseball's Minnesota Twins, is located just across the street from the Target Center, and shares the public parking that the arena also uses.^[34]

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Events and tenants
Preceded by Metrodome	Home of the Minnesota Timberwolves 1990 – present	Succeeded by current
Preceded by first arena	Home of the Minnesota Lynx 1999 – 2016	Succeeded by Xcel Energy Center
Preceded by Xcel Energy Center	Home of the Minnesota Lynx 2018 – present	Succeeded by current
Preceded by first arena	Home of the Minnesota Fighting Pike 1996	Succeeded by last arena
Preceded by Delta Center	Host of the NBA All-Star Game 1994	Succeeded by America West Arena
Preceded by Madison Square Garden	Host of SummerSlam 1999	Succeeded by Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena
Preceded by Mellon Arena	Host of WWE Bragging Rights 2010	Succeeded by final