Remember when? Here are the last home games with fans for Minnesota teams

It's been more than a year since Minnesota sports teams played home games without pandemic-imposed limits on fans.

March 14, 2021 at 12:32AM
Lynx guard Odyssey Sims tossed a miniature ball to a fan courtside after the Lynx beat the Fever on Sept. 1, 2019, the last time the team played in front of home fans. (Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The last games played in front of a large number of fans before pandemic-imposed capacity limits in the state of Minnesota were the girls' basketball state tournament semifinals at Williams Arena on March 12, 2020, which drew 3,082 spectators. Other than up to 1,500 socially distanced fans at St. Paul Saints games last summer, arenas and stadiums in the Twin Cities haven't been allowed to host events with more than 250 people for a year. A sampling of the last home games before pandemic restrictions:

LYNX

Sept. 1, 2019: vs. Fever, W 81-73. Attendance: 8,833.

TWINS

Oct. 7, 2019: ALDS Game 3 vs. Yankees, L 5-1. Attendance: 41,121.

MINNESOTA UNITED

Oct. 20, 2019: MLS playoffs vs. LA Galaxy, L 2-1. Attendance: 19,939.

GOPHERS FOOTBALL

Nov. 30, 2019: vs. Wisconsin, L 38-17. Attendance: 53,756.

GOPHERS VOLLEYBALL

Dec. 7, 2019: NCAA tournament vs. Creighton, W 3-2. Attendance: 4,003.

VIKINGS

Dec. 29, 2019: vs. Bears, L 21-19. Attendance: 66,913.

GOPHERS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

March 1, 2020: vs. Maryland, L 99-44. Attendance: 6,013.

WILD

March 3, 2020: vs. Predators, W 3-1. Attendance: 17,242.

GOPHERS WOMEN'S HOCKEY

March 7, 2020: WCHA Final Faceoff vs. Ohio State, L 4-3 OT. Attendance: 2,693.

TIMBERWOLVES

March 8, 2020: vs. Pelicans, L 120-107, Attendance: 18,978.

GOPHERS MEN'S BASKETBALL

March 8, 2020: vs. Nebraska, W 107-75. Attendance: 9,984.

GOPHERS MEN'S HOCKEY

March 8, 2020: Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals vs. Notre Dame, W 3-2. Attendance: 2,039.

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