Editing Bloomington, Minnesota (section)

===1980s to present===
[[Image:bloomingtonskyline.jpg|thumb|left| Bloomington skyline]] [[Image:BloomingtonIKEA.jpg|thumb|right|Bloomington [[IKEA]]]]The 1980s brought radical change to Bloomington with the departure of the Twins and Vikings. On September 30, 1981, the last baseball game was played at Metropolitan Stadium ([[Kansas City Royals]] 5, Twins 2) as the Twins and Vikings moved to the newly constructed [[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome]] in [[downtown Minneapolis]] for the 1982 season. In 1985, the Bloomington Port Authority purchased the {{convert|86|acre|m2|adj=on}} Met Stadium site and in less than two years approved first site plans for [[Mall of America]]. Two years later, groundbreaking took place for the new megamall, and in 1992, it opened to the public. Today, tenants of Mall of America, when combined, constitute the largest private-sector employer in Bloomington, employing about 13,000 people.

In 1993, the Minnesota North Stars moved to [[Dallas]], and a year later the [[Metropolitan Sports Center]] was demolished. In 2004, an [[IKEA]] store opened on the west end of the former Met Center site. The remainder of the property is planned to be the site for Mall of America Phase II. In May 2006, the [[Water Park of America]] (now Great Wolf Lodge<ref>{{Cite web |last=Norfleet |first=Nicole |date=2017-01-11 |title=Water Park of America to close by end of January, reopen in November |url=https://www.startribune.com/water-park-of-america-to-close-by-end-of-january-reopen-in-november/410318465 |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=www.startribune.com |language=en}}</ref>) opened.

In 2019, Bloomington passed an ordinance that forbade filming students of [[Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center]] in a public park. This led to a successful lawsuit in the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit]] against the city to reinstate the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] rights of the parties involved.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/12/11/fight-over-filming-kids-outside-bloomington-mosque-heads-to-court|title=Fight over filming kids outside Bloomington mosque heads to court}}</ref> [[Keith Ellison]] had previously asked the court to drop the case.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lawandcrime.com/first-amendment/federal-court-strikes-down-local-law-in-minnesota-that-forbade-a-woman-from-photographing-kids-near-mosque-and-park/|title=Federal Court Strikes Down Local Law in Minnesota That Forbade a Woman from Photographing Kids Near Mosque and Park|date=September 3, 2021 }}</ref>

Bloomington was a potential site for hosting the [[Expo 2027]]. However, in June 2023, [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]] was chosen for hosting the Expo 2027.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Albertson-Grove |first=Josie |last2=Tribune |first2=Jessie Van Berkel Star |title=Minnesota loses 2027 Expo bid |url=https://www.startribune.com/bloomington-minnesota-loses-2027-expo-bid/600284158/ |access-date=June 22, 2023 |website=Star Tribune}}</ref>