Tomorrow, May 17: Target Field Station Grand Opening

Join the Target Field Station grand opening celebration Saturday, May 17, from 1 p.m. until game time. Target Field Station a bustling urban park, transit station and neighborhood gathering space. This one-of-a-kind destination will connect approximately 500 trains arriving and departing daily via the METRO Blue Line (Hiawatha LRT), METRO Green Line (Central Corridor LRT) and Northstar Commuter Rail, as well as more than 1,900 daily bus trips, and miles of bike and walking trails.

There will be a ribbon cutting at the station platform followed by a short program emceed by Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin.

Speakers include:

■ U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar
■ U.S. Representative Keith Ellison
■ Mike Opat, Hennepin County Board Chair
■ Jim Pohlad, United Properties and Minnesota Twins
■ Dan Griffis, vice president, Experiential Marketing and Alliances, Target
■ Derrell Turner, Federal Highway Administration
■ Minnesota Department of Transportation Commissioner Charlie Zelle
■ Minnesota Representative Alice Hausman
■ Minnesota Senator Scott Dibble and Minnesota Representative Frank Hornstein
■ Metropolitan Council Chair Susan Haigh
■ Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges
■ Ed Hunter, Director of Interchange Project Office, Red Hawk Consulting

Peter Cavaluzzi FAIA, Principal at EE&K, a Perkins Eastman company, and lead design architect for Target Field Station, will be available for in-person interviews May 15-18.

Schedule

■ 1 – 1:45 p.m. -- Choo Choo Bob (Amphitheater)
■ 2 – 2:45 p.m. -- Alex Rossi and the Root City Band (Amphitheater)
■ 3 p.m. -- Ribbon cutting ceremony (east side of light rail platform)
■ 3:05 p.m. -- The first train departs from Target Field Station (light rail platform)
■ 3:15 – 4 p.m. -- Speakers – presentation (Amphitheater)
■ 4:15 – 5:15 p.m. -- Gear Daddies (Amphitheater)
■ 5:30 p.m. – game time -- Young Ry (Amphitheater)

Target will offer visitors a chance to take commemorative photos in an old-fashioned train cutout.