urbanMSP

I'll just keep calling it "The Dome"

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I'll just keep calling it "The Dome"

I have many friends that talk about "the new dome." I shake my head every time.

I'm still gonna call US Bank Stadium and TCF Bank Stadium "West Bank" and "East Bank" just to confuse people.

"Let's meet at The Stadium. Get off at the West Bank station."

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Doubt it. There is still the Target Field Station

I haven't heard people call that "the stadium" though - do people call it that? I hear "Target Field", "Twins ballpark", "ballpark", and occasionally "Twins stadium" but rarely "the stadium" - which I think is still attached to the Metrodome for most. Since the new NFL temple is proximate to the Metrodome, I'm guessing people will think of it as "the stadium".

Side point though, I think naming (corporate or otherwise) only works when it provides meaningful distinction from a colloquial description, or is easier to say. So I still rarely hear people call the light rail "the metro" - they generally call it "the light rail" instead - but I do hear people say, "the green line" and "the blue line" all the time. Similarly, people tend to call the hockey arena "Xcel" because that's quicker than anything that generically describes it. I think "Target Field" works because it's about the shortest possible description that's unique, while nobody calls the U's stadium "TCF Bank Stadium"; many call it "TCF" which is a naming win, but plenty of people seem to call it "the U stadium" or "the Gopher stadium". Any hope that it might get called "The Bank" (which really wasn't going anywhere anyway) is dashed now that the other football stadium is "US Bank Stadium". So TCF probably came out ahead, but it's not entirely clear cut.

For "US Bank Stadium" it's worse: there's no convenient shorthand for that that still keeps the company's name in discernible condition: while "TCF Bank Stadium" can be "TCF", "US Bank Stadium" can't be shortened to "US" for obvious reasons. and any attempt at "The Bank" type names runs aground again because of the confusion with TCF. So US Bank will probably get screwed locally because it's no harder to say, "The Vikings Stadium" than "US Bank Stadium", and the former is clearer since it ties the descriptor to the use. And it's likely to end up just being "the stadium" anyway, bringing this full circle to the original point.

Looks like they are starting to build the pedestrian bridge, footings are being constructed for it

Well it's official, the train just announced it to me, US Bank Stadium Station. A few signs have been replaced but most still say Downtown East.

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The arches are staying.

At one of the meetings for the Commons when the design was just getting started, I asked if they would be removed and got met with a lot of displeased old people who said they worked hard to get those there. Apparently they thought I was attacking it for resembling the Stone Arch Bridge.