The Target Twins will play at Target Field, which is located at the corner of Target Ave & Target St. in Targetown, Targetsota.

Target.

Daytons Park or Field or maybe 3M something or other but I guess that just shows my age.

At least it’s not some “up and coming” company, I’m sure the Astros were so pleased w/ Enron field

so will all the employees have to wear red polo shirts and kakhais at the park?

That’s a better name than some of the other ones out there…I did think it could go to Best Buy Field…or Post-It-Note Park…but Target Field isn’t too bad.

Target is a good, solid Minnesota company, a good ambassador of the strong list of Minnesota based companies that we are proud of, is involved in the community, has a nice logo for a park, and is a pretty decent name. I think it’s a good choice. Now it’s time to come up with good nicknames.

The bullseye? Field de la target boutique? Targetopolis? Someone more creative than me get to work on this one. Jon, go!

Bad Name, Bad Choice, Sheesh

I was a big Fan of Wheaties Field that was Brought up awhile ago.

Anyone know what the final bid was?

I wanted my brothers (CarterHayes) dug up name for it: LOL Field/Park – (Land of Lakes) Field/Park

1) Unless Target is doing something unlawful they aren’t likely to become another Enron. The economy goes up and down, and Target can ride that out. American consumers spend regardless of their debt, so no big issue for Target there.

2) Nostalgic as it is, being “Breakfast of Champions” is a phrase specifically created for Wheaties sponsorship of the Minneapolis Millers, Wheaties is a product, not a company, and you don’t see product names on these stadiums. As a product, Wheaties is not a particularly viable one. General Mills puts virtually no marketing bucks behind it and sales are basically flat, which was brought to the forefront when Michael Phelps signed with Kellogg’s (which wasn’t all that big a deal for Wheaties, being Phelps had already appeared on the box four years earlier, so they could brag they had landed him first). Also, Wheaties damn near disappeared from Americana decades ago, and as of this moment stands less of a chance of being around in 25 years than Target. The Twins have said other deals with local companies would likely occur, so General Mills – the Minnesota company that currently purchases more Twins’ season tickets than any other – could push Wheaties out there for a three- or five-year deal.

3) Humphrey was hardly any kind of flip-flopper on Vietnam, let alone a gigantic one. He more or less kept his mouth shut on the issue because he was told that would be in the best interest of any further political aspirations.

4) Based on popular vote, Nixon failed to hand Humphrey’s ass to him. Nixon’s margin of victory in the popular vote was scary bad close – something a bit over half a percent. Nixon just managed to carry a healthy supply of states with the big electoral clout.

5) The Gophers sold out for $35 million to TCF. Xcel is believed to have paid out around $3 million per over 25 years. A good guess on Target’s 25-year deal would start at $100 million.

I like the choice, but whatever happened to Ocho Cinco Field?

Has there ever been a town with two professional teams housed by one company? Target Field and the Target Center.

is I don’t mind Target as a name. I didn’t really mind HHH as a name either, it was more rhetorical since I get frustrated with people who like the good old days when stadiums were named after corrupt robber barons instead of corporations. And I mean, following the Yankee model, I guess Twins Yards would be refreshingly bland but I’m not kidding myself about the bottom line of major league baseball and I suspect neither is anyone else.

And correct me if I’m wrong, but nowhere else in the history of US pro stadiums did we name one after a politician. You can even use Wiki to set the record straight and I won’t fault you. We probably wouldn’t all agree on a Paul Wellstone field but that’s what the HHH metrodome basically amounted to. Except Wellstone didn’t lose in a blowout to Richard Nixon and he had the cojones to vote against the Gulf War on the Senate floor. That was a man who stood up for his ideals, whether or not you think he was right. Name a stadium after him though? Thanks but no thanks. For supporters like me, why name a place I go to escape daily life and get drunk after a man I admire? For detractors, why piss them off? Thank freaking god Ted Mondale didn’t just die. There’s another loser (in all 50 states this time)