Athletic Park

Opened in 1889

Several venues share the name “Athletic Park”. See all of them.

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Photo of Athletic Park
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Venue Information

Year Opened

1889

Year Closed

1896

Location

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Elevation

849 ft

259 m above sea level

Location derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

The site today

Later venues are matched by the recorded coordinates in our own venue records.

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Athletic Park built?

Athletic Park opened in 1889.

What is on the site of Athletic Park today?

Target Center (opened 1990) now stands on or beside the site.

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

Location

Coordinates: 44.9796, -93.2749
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Nearby Venues

VenueYearsDistance
Target Center 1990– Same site
Target Field 2010– 0.2 mi
Minneapolis Auditorium 1927–1989 0.7 mi
U.S. Bank Stadium 2016– 0.8 mi
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 1982–2014 0.9 mi
University of Minnesota Armory 1896– 2.1 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

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Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.

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