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Minneapolis Arena

One may ask why a photo of Rainbow Foods below for the Minneapolis Arena?

Rainbow Foods happens to be located in the original location of the old

Minneapolis arena, located at 2900 Dupont Ave S and Lake Street in the

"Uptown" area of Minneapolis. The original Minneapolis Arena built in 1924 for

the Minneapolis Millers ice hockey team, with seating for over 5,500 spectators,

was an indoor ice hockey arena that was a spectacle of it's time with artificial

ice opening on October 31, 1924. The Minneapolis arena hosted the various

Minneapolis Millers teams from 1924 until 1963, and the Minneapolis Bruins of

the Central Hockey League from 1963-1965. The University of Minnesota hockey

team used the arena as one of their home rinks from the 1920s until 1950 before

the old Williams Arena (re-named Mariucci arena) was built on the UofM

campus. The Minneapolis arena was later torn down in late 1966. Upon visiting

the Rainbow Foods on Dupont ave in Uptown one must pay homage to the

hockey teams of old that once took to the ice from the Millers, Bruins, and

Gophers hockey years in the old Minneapolis arena.

Minneapolis Arena Ice Follies Plaque shown outside of Rainbow Foods

St. Paul AC's vs. Minneapolis. Millers hockey game for the Kiwanian's National Convention at the Minneapolis Arena-1925**

Minneapolis Arena Interior**

Minneapolis Arena Millers Hockey Plaque shown outside of Rainbow Foods

Minneapolis Millers vs. Duluth Hornets Game Ad

1929-1930 Minneapolis Millers Game Program

Minneapolis Arena seating chart with ticket prices for Minneapolis Bruins hockey game