The Met Center was an indoor arena that stood in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States, a suburb of Minneapolis.

The arena also held entertainment-related shows, including the first performance of Sesame Street Live in September 1980.

The Met never boasted fancy amenities, and had cramped concourses and very few frills compared to modern arenas (though some luxury suites were added in the 1980s).

Like the Metrodome, the Met Center was heavily utilized as a Minnesota sports venue, hosting various high school hockey and basketball events over the course of its lifetime.

The series of implosions was required after the initial detonation (which was intended to be the only one) failed spectacularly to bring down the building on live television.