The Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx plan to open a practice facility and new headquarters space in Block E, the long-troubled retail complex in downtown Minneapolis.
The teams confirmed the news Monday, as Block E’s owners announced a privately funded renovation that features a sleek design for new office and restaurant space.
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The impending $97 million renovation of the city-owned Target Center helped spur conversations about relocating some operations to Block E, Jaffe said. “The Timberwolves and Lynx were looking for a practice facility. What better place than across the street?” he said.
Rob Moor, CEO of the Wolves and Lynx, said in a statement that given Block E’s “proximity to the soon-to-be renovated Target Center we believe there are bound to be tremendous synergies between the projects that will result in a state-of-the art facility unlike anything else in the NBA or WNBA.”
The practice facility, including a basketball court and headquarters for the teams, will be located on the third and fourth floors of Block E, once home to a 15-screen movie theater.
A lease has not yet been signed between the team and Block E’s owners, but Moor said that “we are hopeful in the coming weeks we can complete those steps and make this project a reality.”
This would be a shot if you were walking away from Target Plaza with Target Center to your right (off-camera), where the skyway is connecting to:
