Behind the Stadium Tour: Minnesota Twins' Baseball Stadium

This optional, pre-conference tour will take you behind the scenes of the home of Major League Baseball's  Minnesota Twins with a sports architecture expert. Start with a ride through downtown Minneapolis to see and learn about sports facilities in the central business district.

During your visit to Target Field, you will:

• Learn how architects cleverly squeezed a 12.5 acre ballpark onto an 8-acre site
• See back-of-house spaces hidden from fans in the stands
• Check out the welcoming plaza and public art
• Learn about the outdoor ballpark's construction

Your tour also will take you past:

• USBank Stadium, home of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings
• Target Center, home of NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves and WNBA's Minnesota Lynx
• The Minneapolis Armory, former home of the NBA's Minneapolis Lakers (now the LA Lakers)

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Kristin Anderson is a professor of art history who researches and studies sports architecture. She is co-authoring a book on the history of sports facilities in the Twin Cities. She researches Scandinavian immigrant folk art and the altar paintings tradition of Norwegian-Americans. She is chair of the Minnesota State Review Board for National Register of Historic Places designations.