Swiftieapolis: Must-know info if you’re among 500,000 headed to downtown Minneapolis this weekend for Taylor Swift, Pride
Posted on AllSides June 22nd, 2023
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Minneapolis officials expect more than 500,000 people will descend on downtown this weekend for two Taylor Swift concerts and Twin Cities Pride Festival events. In some ways, the busy weekend isn’t all that different from the Super Bowls and the NCAA men’s basketball Final Four three times since 1992. Still, Mayor Jacob Frey and other leaders told reporters at a press conference Wednesday they saw this weekend as a crucial inflection point in a post-pandemic, post-civil-unrest turnaround for downtown Minneapolis. “I do see this as an opportunity to change the...