On This Date in Minnesota History: June 20

June 20, 1955 – “After a plan [for Met Stadium] by architects Thorshov & Cerny won approval, groundbreaking was scheduled to begin [on this date]. The construction was almost delayed, however, when the owners of the property on which the [Met] stadium would be built on began a protest, claiming they had not yet been paid. One of these owners created a barricade of farm equipment along his property line that ran directly through where the stadium's infield would be. The dispute was settled in time for the groundbreaking to move forward as planned.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Stadium

Met Stadium, Bloomington, Minn.

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