{ "name": "Closed, renamed and moved in Minnesota", "license": "CC BY 4.0, credit It's Minnesota and link https://itsminnesota.com/closed-renamed-moved/", "rows": [ { "place": "Upper Sioux Agency State Park", "old_name": "", "new_name": "", "status": "Closed", "when": "February 16, 2024", "what_happened": "The DNR closed the park permanently to the public under 2023 legislation directing conveyance of the state-owned land to the Upper Sioux Community.", "there_now": "Not confirmed: the DNR page gives no conveyance date; it lists replacement recreation at Memorial Park, Timm Park and Skalbekken Park and says paddling on the Yellow Medicine and Minnesota rivers is still allowed from public land.", "source_title": "Upper Sioux Agency State Park land transfer (Minnesota DNR)", "source_url": "https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/upper-sioux-agency-state-park-land-transfer.html", "confidence": "Confirmed on Minnesota DNR page (closure date); transfer date Not confirmed: DNR page does not state it", "checked": "2026-11-01" }, { "place": "Lake Calhoun (Minneapolis)", "old_name": "Lake Calhoun", "new_name": "Bde Maka Ska", "status": "Renamed", "when": "January 2018 (Fox9 article dated January 19, 2018)", "what_happened": "The Minnesota DNR approved renaming Lake Calhoun to Bde Maka Ska following a November 2017 Hennepin County Board resolution.", "there_now": "Not confirmed: the article says the request still needed federal approval; current federal and legal status was not read.", "source_title": "Minnesota DNR approves changing Lake Calhoun to Bde Maka Ska (Fox 9)", "source_url": "https://www.fox9.com/news/minnesota-dnr-approves-changing-lake-calhoun-to-bde-maka-ska", "confidence": "Confirmed on Fox 9 for the 2018 DNR approval; Not confirmed: later federal and court outcome not read", "checked": "2026-11-01" }, { "place": "Old Log Theatre (Excelsior)", "old_name": "", "new_name": "", "status": "Closed", "when": "March 2, 2024 (final day of operation)", "what_happened": "Owners Greg and Marissa Frankenfield ended productions after 84 years and closed the theatre and its Cast & Cru restaurant.", "there_now": "not confirmed", "source_title": "NEWS: Old Log Theatre to Close March 2 (Twin Cities Arts Reader)", "source_url": "https://twincitiesarts.com/2024/02/20/news-old-log-theatre-to-close/", "confidence": "Confirmed on Twin Cities Arts Reader (also Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Feb 21, 2024); Not confirmed: what is there today", "checked": "2026-11-01" }, { "place": "Triple Rock Social Club (Minneapolis)", "old_name": "", "new_name": "", "status": "Closing Announced", "when": "By November 22, 2017", "what_happened": "After 19 years the venue announced on October 16, 2017 that it would close by Nov. 22, 2017.", "there_now": "not confirmed", "source_title": "Beloved Minneapolis music venue Triple Rock Social Club to close by Thanksgiving (Fox 9)", "source_url": "https://fox9.com/news/beloved-minneapolis-music-venue-triple-rock-social-club-to-close-by-thanksgiving", "confidence": "Confirmed on Fox 9 (announced closing date); Not confirmed: that it closed on that date, and what is there now", "checked": "2026-11-01" }, { "place": "HUGE Improv Theater (Minneapolis)", "old_name": "", "new_name": "", "status": "Closing Announced", "when": "End of October 2024", "what_happened": "The nonprofit's board announced the theater would shut down permanently, citing finances, after a move to a new Uptown location.", "there_now": "not confirmed", "source_title": "HUGE Improv Theater to close in October (MPR News)", "source_url": "https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/09/09/huge-improv-theater-to-close-in-october", "confidence": "Confirmed on MPR News (announcement dated Sept 9, 2024); Not confirmed: actual closing and what is there now", "checked": "2026-11-01" }, { "place": "The Treasury (St. Paul, 965 Payne Ave)", "old_name": "", "new_name": "", "status": "Closed", "when": "October 31, 2023", "what_happened": "Twin Cities Catalyst Music announced the all-ages venue would close after Oct. 31, 2023, citing an unsustainable space; the group keeps The Garage in Burnsville.", "there_now": "not confirmed", "source_title": "Closing Time for All-Ages St. Paul Music Venue The Treasury (Racket)", "source_url": "https://racketmn.com/closing-time-for-all-ages-st-paul-music-venue-the-treasury", "confidence": "Confirmed on Racket, published Aug 15, 2023; Not confirmed: what is there now", "checked": "2026-11-01" }, { "place": "Xcel Energy Center (St. Paul)", "old_name": "Xcel Energy Center", "new_name": "Grand Casino Arena", "status": "Renamed", "when": "Announced June 30, 2025; effective September 2025", "what_happened": "The arena was renamed Grand Casino Arena under a new naming-rights deal.", "there_now": "Grand Casino Arena, home of the Minnesota Wild (per CBS Minnesota; signage timing as reported at announcement)", "source_title": "Xcel Energy Center renamed Grand Casino Arena (CBS Minnesota)", "source_url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/xcel-energy-center-renamed-grand-casino-arena-minnesota-wild", "confidence": "Confirmed on CBS Minnesota", "checked": "2026-11-01" }, { "place": "Greenleaf Lake State Recreation Area", "old_name": "Greenleaf Lake State Park", "new_name": "Greenleaf Lake State Recreation Area", "status": "Renamed", "when": "Not confirmed: statute lists Laws years 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014 without saying which renamed it", "what_happened": "Minnesota Statutes 85.013 subd. 11b lists the unit as renamed from Greenleaf Lake State Park.", "there_now": "Greenleaf Lake State Recreation Area per statute", "source_title": "Minnesota Statutes 85.013 (Revisor of Statutes)", "source_url": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/85.013", "confidence": "Confirmed on Revisor of Statutes for the name; Not confirmed: date of rename", "checked": "2026-11-01" } ] }