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Doors open an hour before showtime at most shows here. Enter the showtime, say which ticket and which lot, and see when to leave and when to start getting ready.
Show night at Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Not sure which time on the ticket matters? The concert night plan covers doors, opener and headliner at any venue.
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The 20-minute drive is a typical run from Minneapolis without show traffic (the optimistic number). In the app, set Target Center as the destination and Apple Maps fills in the time from where you’re leaving.
Then add for show night: every car aiming at the same entrance (real drive to Target Center). Change the row and every step before it moves.
The time on the ticket is when the first act is due on, and at most shows here the doors opened an hour earlier. With a general-admission ticket that gap is not spare: the spot on the floor you get is decided by where you are in the line when the doors open, and everyone with the same idea is on the same walk in. So the plan puts you in that line before doors, and the stretch from doors to showtime is a row of its own.
With a reserved seat the deadline really is the show. Aim to be in your seat ten minutes before the first act, and budget the walk to your row: it is the part people misjudge, not the drive.
Here is the evening drawn to scale. A maps app can number the drive. The rest is the walk in from the lot, the bag check, and the walk to your row.
Front door to your seat: 1hr 18min
The usual show times here
There is no fixed schedule at a concert venue; the promoter sets each show's time, and these are the ones this one runs most often. Pick the one on your ticket and every step before it moves. Anything else, tap the showtime and type it in.
Doors are an hour before showtime at most shows. Target Center sets a door time for each event rather than one rule, and an hour before the show is what most of the concert calendar runs. A few shows open ninety minutes out, so check the time on your event page. The event page on the official Target Center site lists doors and showtime; the ticket often lists only one. If your gap is different, edit the settle-in row.
The Blue and Green lines both stop at Warehouse District/Hennepin Ave, which Metro Transit calls an easy walk from the arena, and several bus routes run past it too. Metro Transit’s trip planner at metrotransit.org has the times for the ride home. Each building along the skyway sets its own hours, and the arena publishes an extended-hours skyway route to follow back to a connected ramp without going outside.
General entry to Target Center is on the skyway level, so the easiest place to park is a ramp that connects to it. Ramps A and B and the Mayo Clinic Square ramp all link to the arena by skyway, and the arena points anyone who needs an elevator to Ramp A or B. Downtown has nearly 25,000 spaces in 38 lots and ramps, and the arena recommends booking one ahead through SpotHero, where rates run up to half off the drive-up price. The accessible drop-off and pick-up is at 1st Avenue and 6th Street, through the Life Time Lobby.
A floor ticket changes where you go in. Floor tickets enter only through the street-level lobby on 1st Avenue, so from a skyway ramp you come down to the street instead of following the skyway to the main gate. Every other ticket uses the main skyway entrance, and at some shows the south skyway entrance near Ramp A opens as well.
Doors are an hour before the show at most concerts here. Bags are capped at 5 by 9 inches, so a small clutch at most; diaper bags and medical bags are allowed and get searched. There is no item check, so anything bigger stays in the car, and strollers are not allowed. Security decides the screening on the night and can use metal detectors.
Floor tickets go in through the street-level lobby on 1st Avenue and every other ticket through the main skyway entrance. Tickets are in the AXS or Ticketmaster app depending on the show; AXS codes refresh every minute, and screenshots are not accepted. No outside food or drink, every stand is cashless, and there is no re-entry once you leave.
Doors, lots and bag rules change; the official site is the live source.
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For a general-admission ticket, be in the line before doors, which are an hour before showtime at most shows here. Be there half an hour before they open, and the ticket chip rebuilds the plan around that. For a reserved seat, aim to be at the gate 28 minutes before the show, which is what the plan above shows. Either way the walk in from the lot is the part to budget for, and it depends on which lot you got.
About 5:57 PM from Minneapolis with a reserved seat with a 20-minute drive and a spot in a skyway-connected ramp. Earlier for a general-admission floor ticket or one of the other downtown ramps. Every row above is editable; the first travel row is your leave-by time.
Ramps A and B and the Mayo Clinic Square ramp connect to the arena’s skyway level, and Ramp A or B is the one to pick if you need an elevator. Downtown has nearly 25,000 spaces in 38 lots and ramps, and the arena recommends booking ahead through SpotHero. Accessible drop-off is at 1st Avenue and 6th Street, through the Life Time Lobby. The official Target Center site has the current lots.
About five minutes by skyway from Ramp A or B to the main gate. With a floor ticket you enter through the street-level lobby on 1st Avenue instead, so head down to the street. The plan's default for one of the other downtown ramps is 10 minutes, and it is editable.
Yes. The METRO Blue and Green lines stop at Warehouse District/Hennepin Ave, an easy walk from the arena, and several bus routes run nearby. Metro Transit’s trip planner at metrotransit.org has the times.
Nothing larger than 5 by 9 inches. Diaper bags and medical bags are allowed and searched. There is no item check, strollers are not allowed, outside food and drink are not allowed, and there is no re-entry.
Going to a game instead? The stadium pages. Flying in? The airport pages.
Ready Time keeps the plan and subtracts again when the show time changes. Put in the next ticket and the same steps land on new times, with an alert on each one.
Get a nudge at the right moment, while there's still time to act.
Each step gets its own alert, so you know what's next and how long you have.
Start the plan in the app, and the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island show the time left, with a bar that fills as each step passes.
Glance at it on the walk in without opening the app.
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