Met Center demolition: Revisited 30 years later

[Fenway]

Today, there's nothing by an empty lot where the popular stadium once stood. But the Met Center not only created lifelong memories, it created lifelong friends.

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[vikash1987]

Thanks for sharing. I can't think about the old Met Center without visualizing those unique multi-colored seats: yellow, white, green, and black, if I'm not mistaken.

I just finished watching the documentary which Fox 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul posted last month on how Minnesota lost the North Stars.

 

[Stephen]

From the casual outsiders perspective it feels like the impact of temporarily losing the Minnesota North Stars had a real cultural impact that getting the Minnesota Wild back 7 short years later never really filled.

I can see why the Wild are reverting to traditional Minnesota North Stars colours in their gradual rebrand.

 

[spiny norman]

A couple years before the demolition, I got to skate in that arena.

It's still the only time I've ever skated on NHL ice.

 

[LightningStorm]

If someone knows otherwise please correct me, but I believe the Met Center was the first sports venue to be demolished via implosion.

 

[Davenport]

A scene from the Met Center, in 1967.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

I can see why the Wild are reverting to traditional Minnesota North Stars colours in their gradual rebrand.

They should change the name if that’s the case, highlighter yellow and green aren’t exactly evocative of wilderness