The Sid Hartman statue outside of Target Center, commemorated in October of 2010 in honor of Sid's 90th birthday and other seemingly impossible work-related milestones in both newspapers and radio, was temporarily removed earlier this month as crews began ramping up renovations on the home of the Wolves and Lynx.
If you're wondering where it went, you're not alone.
"I've been asked 1,000 times," Timberwolves President Chris Wright said in a phone conversation Monday morning. "In fact, you're the 1,001st."
So, um, to reiterate: where is it?
"It's bubble-wrapped and is in a very secretive location with armed guards around it," Wright said, using a mixture of humor and fact.
He wouldn't divulge the exact location in order to keep snooping folks away from it while it's in storage.
"It's in a basement somewhere so we can protect the statue for as long as we need to," Wright said.
Until its temporary removal, the statue resided on the corner of Sixth Street and First Avenue. That spot will be a focal point of the renovated Target Center, with a new five-story glass atrium on that corner serving as a more engaging entry point into the facility. The Sid statue will move to a different location once renovations are completed in 2017.
