With Twins game, downtown businesses are ready for the most action in a year Restaurants and bars are happy to see sports fans again April 7, 2021 7:56pm Text size Copy shortlink:
After shutting his downtown Minneapolis pub for the first few months of the pandemic, Dermot Cowley initially tried reopening last June. He called it quits after two weeks. It was a ghost town down here, said the owner of O Donovan s Irish Pub, which is across the street from First Avenue and Target Center, and a block or so away from Target Field.
This week, Cowley and some other business owners are reopening for the biggest event downtown and likely in the state in more than a year: the first home game of the season for the Minnesota Twins.
Minneapolis business owners are fearing more riots will erupt in the city as jury selection begins in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with murder in the death of George Floyd.