Where to Sit at Target Field

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Target Field seats 38,544, and almost none of them are far from downtown Minneapolis. The park sits on about eight acres, among the smallest sites in the majors, and it was built without a roof, so the field opens straight onto the skyline.

Check the current seating map on mlb.com/twins before you buy.

The open-air bowl

Populous designed Target Field with Mankato-Kasota limestone on the facade and no roof over any of it. That open-air choice is why the park reads small and close even from the upper deck, and it is also why sun and shade are a real part of picking a seat here. The field runs close to due east from home plate. The sun sets on the third-base side, and it drops in behind the grandstand near home plate rather than down either line. So the infield bowl loses direct sun early on a night game, and the seats looking into it are the ones out in the outfield facing back toward the plate.

For the sun and shade call on your actual date and section, use the Bleacher Bound SunTracker on this page.

In April, that same open sky works the other way. You want the sun, and the seats that lose the light first are the ones that get cold first. Dress for the weather the day of, not the season on the calendar. You can find more about cold April games in our When to Go section.

The skyline view

Downtown Minneapolis rises directly beyond the outfield wall, and Target Field is routinely named among the best-reviewed parks in the majors for exactly that reason. The skyline is not a backdrop you glimpse between innings. It sits in frame from the home-plate-facing seats in the lower bowl and on the Terrace level, and that is what those sections are worth buying for.

Move toward the outfield and the skyline drifts to the side or behind you, trading the postcard for proximity to the field.

The outfield seats

The dimensions, from the Ballpark Authority’s official facts page: 339 down the left-field line, 377 to left-center, roughly 404 to center, 367 to right-center, and 328 down the right-field line. There’s also a deep notch in right-center that’s widely cited at 411, though that figure isn’t on the Ballpark Authority’s own facts sheet. Know about that notch before you sit out there. It’s the deepest point in the park, and outfield seats angled toward it sit further from the action than the raw section number implies.

The premium clubs

The Twins run several named premium tiers:

• UnitedHealth Champions Club: behind home plate, private entrance, in-seat service, food and beverage included except liquor and premium beer or wine.
• Thrivent Club: the infield club level, padded seats, extra legroom, in-seat service, skyline view. Marketplaces still list this as “Delta Sky360 Legends Club,” which is the old name.
• Delta SKY360° Suite: club level, straightaway center field, all-inclusive buffet.
• Premier Suite Level: suites with access to the Thrivent Club.
• Carbliss Clubhouse: the left-field corner near Section 127 and Gate 6, standing-room drink rails plus a cabana setup rather than assigned seats.

Best-value sections

• Home-plate-facing lower bowl and Terrace level. The skyline sits in frame for the whole game, and the lower rows put you close enough that the view and the proximity stop competing with each other.
• Outfield and bleacher sections. The cheapest way into the building, and you get closer to the field but lose the skyline sightline.
• Upper Terrace level. The panorama at the lowest price in the park, though you sit farther from the plate.

Check the team’s own tickets page for a standing-room or value-ticket program before assuming a discount is available.

How to find the right ticket

Marquee opponents and weekend nights tend to be the busiest dates at Target Field, and weeknights against non-marquee opponents are usually quieter.

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