Target Center

Target Center
Target Center in 2018
Target Center is located in Minnesota
Target Center
Target Center
Location within Minnesota
Target Center is located in the United States
Target Center
Target Center
Location within the United States
Address600 First Avenue North
LocationMinneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Coordinates44°58′46″N 93°16′34″W / 44.97944°N 93.27611°W / 44.97944; -93.27611
Public transitMetro Transit:
 Blue Line 
 Green Line  at Warehouse District/Hennepin Avenue
 C Line 
OwnerCity of Minneapolis
OperatorAnschutz Entertainment Group
CapacityBasketball: 18,798
Hockey: 17,500
Concerts: Up to 20,500
SurfaceMulti-surface
Construction
Broke groundJuly 12, 1988; 36 years ago (July 12, 1988)
OpenedOctober 13, 1990; 34 years ago (October 13, 1990)
Renovated
  • 2004
  • 2014
  • 2017
Construction costUS$104 million
($268 million in 2023 dollars[1])
ArchitectKMR Architects, Ltd.
Structural engineerEricksen Roed and Associates, Inc.
Services engineerGausman & Moore[2]
General contractorM.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)
Minnesota Myth (AFL) (2024)
Website
targetcenter.com

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]

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 Minnesota Myth and the Target Center announced that the Myth would be playing their home games there for the 2024 Arena Football Season.[6] The facility has also hosted the LFL's Minnesota Valkyrie, the RHI's Minnesota Arctic Blast, the IHL's Minnesota Moose, 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.[7]

  1. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  2. ^ Target Center – Gausman & Moore
  3. ^ "Arena Info". Target Center. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  4. ^ "Minnesota Timberwolves". Target Center. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  5. ^ "Minnesota Lynx". Target Center. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  6. ^ "Minnesota Myth Announces Target Center As Home Arena For AFL's 2024 Season". Arena Football League. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  7. ^ Spedden, Zach (January 8, 2020). "NBA Arenas Oldest to Newest: 2020 Update". Arena Digest. Retrieved April 5, 2022.