On This Date in Minnesota History: June 23

June 23, 1998 – “The Minnesota Wild hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the new arena on [this date]. The new team played its first home game before a standing-room-only crowd in the new Xcel Energy Center arena on October 11, 2000.”
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