Upcoming Target Center Events

In my last post, I mentioned that Eric Church will be coming to the Target Center on May 17th. This post is here to tell you that you don't have to wait until the middle of May to catch a great event at the Target Center. Here are some of the upcoming events that I suggest:

2/22 - Wolves v Utah Jazz

2/29-3/4 - Disney on Ice: Dare to Dream

3/9 - Wolves v LA Lakers

3/11 - Lady Antebellum

3/27-28 - Cirque Du Soleil Michael Jackson the Immortal

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Target Center Parking could be tricky when Target Center Events Calendar collides with Twins Target Field Schedule

It may seem like Minneapolis is a big city, with plenty of street parking, surface lots, and parking ramps... However, in the warehouse district where both the Target Center and Target Field are located parking near either venue can become tricky. Parking near the Target Center and Target Field when there is an event at both may prove to be impossible.

The first test of this double booking will happen on June 29th when Justin Beiber is at the Target Center and the Minnesota Twins have a home game at Target Field. With events at both the Target Center and Target Field parking in downtown Minneapolis on 6/29 may turn out to be just as hard as getting Bieber Tickets was. Plan early and plan to walk if you have Target Center or Target Field Tickets on that night!

Next Target Center Concert is over a month away, why the Target Center Schedule is so empty and why Target Field may be to blame

Anyone who is even remotely connected into the big concert scene in the Twin Cities has recognized that the Summer Concert Schedule for the Xcel Energy Center far outweighs that of the the Target Center.

Just for a starting point, the Target Center does not have a concert on the events calendar for over a month. The next Target Center Concert is Daughtry, on May 19th. In contrast the Xcel Energy Center has Taylor Swift, James Taylor and Brooks and Dunn all before that May 19th concert. There has been lots of speculation as to why the Target Center didn't pull in big names for the spring and summer concert series this year, everything from artists don't like the Target Center to the Xcel Energy Center has better sound... in my opinion those types of answers just don't float, the Target Center has had lots of great concerts many of which have been reported to have amazing sound.

I genuinely think that Target Field may be to blame... with such a focus placed on the Minnesota Twins this season and making sure that Target Field got off on a good foot, the Target Center took a back burner... understandable when you consider the full-time resident of the Target Center (the Minnesota Timberwolves) and their season end struggles. However, because of the Target Field buzz, Target Corporate may have to face some sad financial facts when the summer concert numbers come in later this summer.

Target Center Events Calendar still lacking compared to the Xcel Energy Center Events Calendar...

The Target Center is going to be a quiet place at the end of the Minnesota Timberwolves season. What used to be a war of the venues between the Target Center in Minneapolis and the St. Paul Xcel Energy Center, has turned into a one sided fight. The Xcel Energy Center Events Calendar is full of great concerts through out the spring and summer. The Target Center Concert Schedule is VERY VERY empty, except for Daughtry and Nickelback.

I'm really curious as to why the Target Center is so quiet. If you know anything or have even heard anything please let me know, as a personal fan of the Target Center over the X, I would love to know why the two schedules are so radically different.