Four of the Professional Sports Teams in the Twin Cities

People living in Minneapolis, Minnesota have alwaysMinnesota. They have been a very successful
been sports fans and they have been luckyteam being one of only five teams in the NFL to
enough to start having professional sports teamswin fifteen games in a regular season. They were
from a very early start with their first team ofalso the first team to reach the Super Bowl four
the Minneapolis Millers in 1884 that sent fifteen oftimes despite losing the championship titles. There
their baseball players to the Baseball Hall of Fame.are currently ten members of the Vikings that
Following this team was the Minneapolis Lakersare in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as well. In the
professional basketball team that started in theearly 1980's they moved in to the Metrodome
1940's. There is a long history with professionalwhich was an indoor stadium to avoid the freezing
sports teams in this city and the fans there arecold and snowy weather of Minnesota.
very loyal, says the owner of a tree service andThe Minnesota Twins MLB team was originally
tree removal business. The teams are nowstarted as the Washington Senators in 1901 but
different, but are very much alive and well in thiseventually became the Twins in 1961. Their name
Twin City of Minneapolis. The teams that will beis from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul
discussed in this article are the Minnesota Vikingsand they started playing at Metropolitan Stadium.
football team, The Minnesota Twins baseball team,In 1981, the Metrodome was built for the Vikings
the Minnesota Timberwolves NBA team and theand the Twins were set to play there as well.
hockey team named the Minnesota Wild.They recently moved to a new outdoor stadium
The Minnesota Vikings were officially named incalled Target Field in December of 2009.
1960 to reflect the strong Scandinavian culture in