U.S. Bank Stadium station
A Minneapolis, Minnesota light rail station, named for the neighboring U.S. Bank Stadium. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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U.S. Bank Stadium station (formerly Downtown East/Metrodome (2004–13) and Downtown East (2014–16)) station is a light rail station on the Metro Blue Line and Green Line in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Location | 429 Park Ave South Minneapolis, Minnesota | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 44°58′30″N 93°15′36″W | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | Metro Transit | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Connections | Metro Transit: 3 | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | Downtown | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | June 26, 2004 (2004-06-26) | ||||||||||||||
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The station is located next to U.S. Bank Stadium, where the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome plaza used to be at the east end of downtown Minneapolis. It is a side-platform station. Service began at this station when the Blue Line opened on June 26, 2004.
In March 2016, the station was renamed to U.S. Bank Stadium station, after the new stadium planned for the Minnesota Vikings; for the station's naming rights, Metro will receive $300,000 annually from the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority and the team in the form of in-stadium promotions, advertising and marketing support to encourage transit ridership to stadium events.[1][2]