Wow! I cannot believe I found this gem! I randomly searched "Richfield, MN in the 1990's" since I grew up in Richfield, MN in the 1990's as a child. You may think I'm crazy, but isn't this at the Crestwood Apartments (it's now called Seasons Park Apartments) on 4th Ave S.? I lived here with my mom back in 1996, so about 10 years after these pictures were taken. I vaguely remembered the brick shed and dead-end parking lot. I saw the billboard in the background and a building with the name "Plumbing" on it. I looked on Google Maps, and it's called Blaylock Plumbing Co., right? Watching this video really made my day today! It brought back so many great memories for me. I remember my mom bought me my first video game system, the Sega Genesis, and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 game when we lived there. I also remember hopping over the fire hydrant in the back of the apartments while waiting for the bus to pick me and other kids up for school in the morning. I remember there used to be a Burger King really close, and my mom would get me a kid's meal on special occasions :) Watching this video was so nostalgic for me. Thank you again for uploading this! Edit: I just realized that you included the address in the beginning of the video lol. If I had paid more attention to that, I would've spent less time being a detective. In any case, thank you again for uploading this :)
As a Minnesotan and a Vikings fan who has to deal with winter temperature lows ranging from 0F to -20F, I can very much believe in a decision to build a dome. A Texan like yourself wouldn't understand. But then again, I have no idea why _Texas_ of all states would insist on building domes for the Cowboys, Texans/Oilers, Astros AND Rangers.
I would have liked to have seen one Twins and one Vikings game there. The history of that hallowed ground. When I drove from Cincinnati to Minneapolis to see my Cincinnati Bearcats play at The Metrodome in the NCAA Final Four in 1992 we drove past the site in Bloomington and they were just then opening The Mall Of America on the site. It was gone. 😔
I'm from there, only went to 1 Twins game. The Met didn't have nearly the same stature as Wrigley or Fenway. Ruth and all the great players of the past played at one or the other or both. Wrigley is safe from the wrecking ball but I'm not so sure about Fenway.
The Twins and the Vikings moved to the Metrodome in 1982, and then they decided to demolish Metropolitan in 1985. Then they decided to build the Mall of America in the early 90's and the rest is history.
The NFL quickly upped their standards on stadiums shortly after the NFL merger with the AFL. Metropolitan quickly fell below standards back then, and could not be expanded, due to poor design choices, and so the Vikings and Twins had wanted to build a new stadium, and they decided to do it downtown. When the Vikings wanted a new stadium, the Twins agreed to move into the same stadium as well. That helped the Metrodome be built and Metropolitan be abandoned and later demolished.
@@searchforthestrangler5034 I wasn't at the game but I watched the Vikings beat the Browns in that epic comeback win, the miracle at the Met. Just checked the date. 12/15/1980. At the start of the 4th quarter I could see my buddy across the road outside playing around. I stayed glued to the TV and saw the whole thing. He gave up and missed it! Dummy!
@@stupidd6513 Yeah, I guess it wouldn't have been. Just think what someone would pay for it on Ebay today. I mean people are buying napkins that were used by Brad Pitt. It was probably their own. LOL
@@dallasbrubaker6054 No doubt. Although they weren't 'certified'. Couldn't take a selfie back then (thankfully). We went a couple of times when there was still a bit of snow still on the concourses. I kid you not, there were dog tracks in the snow. Never saw any dogs, but we imagined some vicious guard dogs roaming the stadium, lol
Yes, you are right, many roads especially in the south part where cars can no longer pass through. I have explored them on my dirt bike in the last 18 months since I moved to Palm Bay. The compound is a great bonus to those who live nearby. Hope its not ruined if the city extends St Johns Heritage Parkway...
Last Twins game that I attended was at the Met. Never saw them play at the dome or target field. I remember Rod Carew and jets from the nearby airport flying over the stadium. Great memories.
That must have been before the 1979 season. Rod Carew's last season with the Twins was 1978. Carew was a hitting machine. It's a shame he never got to a World Series.
Ah yes ! Loved all the father-son games, watching our favorite Twins milk cows.......knothole games, twi light double headers . It was always a special day at the ball park when the Old Met was the destination . My first game was 1964 at the old Met so this is faboulos!
It used to be where the Marlboro sign is. I'm not sure when they replaced it. Midwest Federal for years had a bounty for any player that could hit the sign. I don't think anybody ever did.
@@star978 you are right . It was 25 thousand but it would have to been a monster hit to get there . The scoreboard was on the other side of both bullpens . Yeah I remember it well . Great memories for me riding up Cedar avenue on a two lane bridge through corn fields and cows for what is now Apple Valley in my grandpa's old Cadillac with the big fins as we would see the grand grandstand in the middle of a massive parking lot coming out of the Minnesota river bottums . It was like a cathedral to this little kid I assure you . Every once in awhile we would spend the weekend at either the Thunderbird or the Curtiss Hotel downtown and Catch all three games . Anyway thanks for sharing !
@@timallen609 Did you ever see the 2 part series that WCCO did on the Met's missing foul pole? Here is part 1: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ruydVnEndes.html. Here is part 2: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-86ZnreDQsvg.html
@@star978 do you know what happened to the TCF money tree? I always think of that when I think of the old Met . Saw hundreds of games there with the Vikings ,Twins and Minnesota Kicks also saw the Eagles ,Steve Miller band and Pablo Cruise . Loved the old Met
@@star978 no I have not . Will subscribe right now . Thank you so much just sitting here with my grand kids and telling them of my times at the ballpark with my grandfather . Today Target Field is where it goes down but it all started at the Met! Thanks again
The vegetation was so thick it was hard to get up close to. What's cool is the marquee is still standing at this theater. Underneath the marquee is a room that still has letters in it that were used to advertise movies. I looked up the decatur drive in on google maps and it looks like a trucking co. is using it now.
