You wanted it? You GOT IT. NDSU vs. EWU US Bank 9/2/23

[GreenfieldBison]

I walked from Target Field to the Hyatt on Nicollet back in June after a twins game....unwise?

With a decent sized crowd exiting the game and still early evening probably just fine. If you were still lingering on the west side of Hennepin an hour after the game I would think that more risky. How was the police presence?

[GreenfieldBison]

The guy who does my windows has a night gig as a bartender for Hennepin Theater Trust. Works all the shows for Pantages, Orpheum and State theaters. When he was out here a month ago he said they are planning to reopen shows in October I think. He said that while he and his colleagues miss the income none of them are all too keen on returning to work downtown right now.

[BISONBRI53]

Meh. Another game against a P5 team like Wisconsin or Nebraska at their place is what I asked for. Love to beat the Gophers at their place again, but Minneapolis is a shithole and the libtards that live there have no brains. So this game doesn't interest me much, rather beat the Scrawny Eagles in the Fargodome.

And you will be the first one bitching about something there when you are there.

[Bisonguy]

I don't think there has been much action over on the eastern side of downtown. You get over in the area between Hennepin and First Avenue and south of Washington after mid nite? Be alert.

No worries. 99.98% survival rate.

[GreenfieldBison]

Here is a useful site to gauge the degree of recent crime in Minneapolis.

https://www.minneapolismn.gov/reside...locations-map/

[GreenfieldBison]

No worries. 99.98% survival rate.

Hmmm, might be even higher.

[HerdBot]

Haven't been to a Vikings game yet so I'm pretty pumped up! Great game too. Not a cupcake

[56BISON73]

Here is a useful site to gauge the degree of recent crime in Minneapolis.

https://www.minneapolismn.gov/reside...locations-map/

Problem is if you have another shooting which isnt out of the realm of possibility the downtown can blowup in minutes.

[GreenfieldBison]

Problem is if you have another shooting which isnt out of the realm of possibility the downtown can blowup in minutes.

Yeah that's surely possible. But the shootings downtown usually have not been by LE. Those are the ones that will bring the unrest. Typically the downtown area is reserved for the protest marches that target the Government Center block, just west of US Bank Stadium by a couple of blocks. Those would be during the day though and also probably during the work week so they can F' up commuters.

Edit: to your point though the one recent cop involved shooting downtown sure did blow things up. WCCO studio windows are still boarded up a year later.

[HerdistheWord]

I don't think there has been much action over on the eastern side of downtown. You get over in the area between Hennepin and First Avenue and south of Washington after mid nite? Be alert.

Other than being peddled by the homeless crowd, I never felt unsafe during the day while walking around downtown. We moved back to ND and I haven’t been downtown in about 1.5 years though. Twins games at night were always a little sketchy if you had to walk by the metro line near Sneaky Pete’s.