Elvis Presley - Concert Review clip - From his 11-5-1971 show in Minneapolis Minn.

The spotlights stabbed down at a figure in a tight, spangled suit, a guitar twanged, and the capacity crowd in Metropolitan Sports Center burst into sound and light. Elvis Presley was on stage. Flashbulbs (nearly 100 can be counted in this 3-second exposure) popped almost continuosly as Presley performed the songs that made him famous in the 1950s and sang some new ones.

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One reported dead when truck hits span in Mall of America parking ramp

At least one person was killed Friday night when a small truck struck a concrete span in the parking lot at the Mall of America parking lot, causing the span to collapse, Bloomington police said.

The narrow rectangular span collapsed when it was struck by a U-Haul truck, police said. The span fell on the front of the truck. One person was being extracted from the vehicle at about 9 p.m.

Bloomington police and fire personnel responded to the report from the fourth floor of the parking lot near Nordstrom’s at about 8:30 p.m.

The incident appeared to be an accident and not intentional, police said.

Photo by David Bjorn Olson story update by StarTribune

Mall of America Parking Ramp Collapse via dabbyswen

Breaking News: Part Of Parking Ramp Collapses At MOA

Mall of America parking ramp partially collapsed Friday evening and fell on a truck.

Images of the collapse show a piece of the parking ramp atop a U-Haul truck. Bloomington police said someone, with some relation to the truck, has suffered injuries. The extent of the injuries is not known.

The collapse happened near Nordstroms.

This story will be updated.

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Hastily taken cell phone pic of a lady pushing her two dogs in a baby stroller at Mall Of America today.

10-16-85 Dio @ Met Center, Bloomington, MN by NYCDreamin

This Is It

Like a lone sentry standing guard over memories long past, this “East” parking lot sign is the last relic of the Met Center, a building that brought hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans through it’s doors over the years. The IKEA store in the background is where Met Center stood from 1967, until it was imploded on December 13, 1994. Primarily famous for being the home of the Minnesota North Stars NHL team, it also hosted concerts by the likes of Frank Sinatra, KISS, Michael Jackson, and the first ever performance of Sesame Street Live.

I bet “East” could tell you some tailgating/after concert stories that would make your head spin, while at the same time making you wish so hard that you could travel back in time and be there, for just one night.

But this is all that’s left.

Because I love you guys, here is the setlist from when AC/DC played Met Center on November 23, 1981 on their “For Those About To Rock” tour.

1.Hells Bells
2.Shot Down in Flames
3.Sin City
4.Shoot to Thrill
5.Back in Black
6.Bad Boy Boogie
7.Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution
8.The Jack
9.What Do You Do For Money Honey
10.Highway to Hell
11.Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
12.Whole Lotta Rosie
13.Let There Be Rock
Encore:
14.You Shook Me All Night Long
15.For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
16.T.N.T.

Things Remembered, Mall of America

Cheers To The Best Dad Anyone Could Ask For

Ah yes, Father’s Day. The one day a year we playfully acknowledge Dad’s underlying battle with booze.

(I was moving jerseys between our stores, that’s why you you see a ghostly Mauer image on this crappy cell phone picture)

Happy Father’s Day, you guys.

Small alligator found in Bloomington; fisherman says “there’s a big one back there too” via City Pages

Climate change has led to more precipitation and less moose in Minnesota, but who knew our climate was already hospitable to animals that normally reside in the tropics?

Apparently, Bloomington is now home to alligators, and nobody is quite sure how they got there.

A dog came across a small alligator while on a walk near the Bass Ponds area of the Minnesota Valley Wildlife Refuge yesterday, and a fisherman in the refuge told Fox 9 “there is a big one [near the ponds] too.”

The small gator was turned over to the Vicky Sherry, the Wildlife Refuge’s biologist, who freely admits she didn’t initially know whether it was a alligator or crocodile.

“Nobody is really equipped to handle an alligator in Minnesota that we could get a hold of,” she told Fox.

The best Sherry can do for now, apparently, is place the gator in a trashcan with a weight on top to make sure the little guy or gal can’t break loose overnight. But don’t despair, because the gator will be liberated from the trashcan soon — a local herpetological society is taking the gator today to ready it for adoption.

And be warned, those of you who plan to spend time in the Everglades Minnesota Valley Wildlife Refuge this spring. Apparently, there is at least one big gator still on the loose.

(Source: citypages.com)