Ground+Breaking

Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007, will forever be remembered as the day outdoor Major League Baseball returned to Minnesota and Twins Territory, as the Twins officially broke ground at the new ballpark site in Minneapolis. It took over a decade for the Twins to get a new outdoor ballpark approved, but on Thursday night, the first round of shovels finally dug into the ground as part of the official groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the ballpark set to open in 2010. In addition to the ceremony, guests enjoyed a concert by Martin Zellar, autographs from Twins alumni, and one of the beautiful late-summer days that the new ballpark will allow Twins fans and players to experience just two seasons from now.