Minneapolis Auditorium

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Location

Corner of 11th Street and Nicollet Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota

Specifications

  • Maximum capacity: unknown
  • Owner: Northwestern National Life Insurance (primary tenant)
  • Construction: completed in 1927 at a cost of $3.15 million
  • Featured a tubular pneumatic pipe organ dubbed "The Voice of Minneapolis"
  • Home of the Minneapolis Lakers from 1947 to 1960
  • Hosted at least 127 boxing events from 1928 to 1978
  • Status as of 2008: inactive