Stadium Village is an area of Minneapolis, Minnesota near the East Bank campus of the University of Minnesota . While not an official neighborhood of Minneapolis , the area is an important commercial district that serves university students with many bars and restaurants. There are plans to incorporate it into an official neighborhood of Minneapolis along with the surrounding area. It is part of Southeast Minneapolis, that part of Minneapolis on the East Bank of the Mississippi River and south of Hennepin Avenue
3-666: The neighborhood is centered roughly around the intersection of Oak Street SE and Washington Avenue SE in Minneapolis. Further west on University Avenue is the Dinkytown neighborhood. The name of the area is a reference to the old Memorial Stadium , which was no longer used after the 1981 football season, since the University of Minnesota football team began playing in Metrodome , in downtown Minneapolis. Memorial Stadium
6-544: A slogan of "Stadium Village – Now with stadium". 44°58′29″N 93°13′22″W / 44.9747°N 93.2229°W / 44.9747; -93.2229 This University of Minnesota -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a location in Hennepin County, Minnesota is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Washington Avenue (Minneapolis) Too Many Requests If you report this error to
9-472: Was demolished in 1992. The area was built around the stadium and kept its name even after the stadium was replaced by the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center and McNamara Alumni Center . The other University of Minnesota sports arenas are also nearby. In 2009, TCF Bank Stadium opened, near the site of the old Memorial Stadium. The University of Minnesota placed billboards promoting the new stadium with
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