On this hallowed New Stadium Day, a look back to the old beloved Met. I found these pictures in a family album. The year is 1961.
Ample parking! Arbitrary color scheme!
The field:
Early evening game? Seems so, from the shadows and the sky. A detail of the scoreboard:
NSP, Grain Belt, Gluek's - that's as Twin-Cities as it gets. And I do believe that's Reddy Kilowatt on the board, too.
One more: a postcard I bought last weekend.
Much mourned. Do we have it better now? Absolutely.
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