Minneapolis foot traffic is 70% to 75% of what it was before the pandemic.
Here’s some more information as more groups of workers head back downtown on a more regular basis, according to the Minneapolis Downtown Council and Collier’s.
- Average number of people who were downtown on any given day before the pandemic: 219,000
- Vacancy rate for Minneapolis’ Central Business District: 30%
- Downtown’s largest employer: Hennepin Healthcare with 7,541 workers
- Number of Target employees assigned to downtown headquarters: 7,100
- Downtown hotel occupancy in 2024: 55%
- Minneapolis Convention Center: 719,756 attendees at over 150 events last year
