Metropolitan Sports Center, ca. 1967. The complex, nicknamed the Met Center, was located near the Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. The North Stars hockey team played there for their entire career in Minnesota.

The longtime logo of the Minnesota North Stars hockey team. Public domain.

The Minnesota North Stars hockey team at the Metropolitan Sports Center, 1969. The Minnesota North Stars played their home games at the Bloomington venue, better known as the Met Center.

The Minnesota North Stars hockey team in action against the New York Islanders, 1981. The North Stars played in their first Stanley Cup finals against the New York Islanders in that year and lost the series 4-1.

Minnesota Kicks fans hold a banner at Metropolitan Stadium, June 1980.

Snowmobiling in Minnesota, ca. 1970. Recreational snowmobiling has its roots in the North Star State.

The Minnesota North Stars compete at Metropolitan Sports Center, 1969. The Minnesota North Stars brought the NHL to Minnesota in 1967.

View of a Minnesota Twins game from the upper deck of Metropolitan Stadium, early 1960s. Photograph by Robert Rydeen.

The Lakers, the NBA's first dynasty, shown in 1950.