Going to Minneapolis for a funeral, aganist my will, but I intend to make the best of it by turning it into a Prince vacation!!

I know of some hotspots where I can get the Prince feel and that MPLS sould like :

Minnesota Historical Society museum

Cheapo and applause "wreckastow"

First ave is a definite!

Downtown Hard rock cafe

Bunker's music bar and grill

Calhoun square

Paisley park, well I can drive past it, or at least try to break in

Please tell me if i'm going to the right hot spots, I wanna make sure I dont leave any out!

And if you stay in minneapolis, and have nothing to do, let's meet up and paint the town PURPLE!!

Will be there from July 5-12

Please fell free to tell me about any events going on, Since I'm going to be there might as well have some fun!!

Thanks in advance <3

i live in minnesota, and i think u got all of them!......u could drive by his old house too if u wanted, u can also see it from the lake near by. And u could also go to the mall of america. its not really related to prince...but there was a scene in purple rain where they were there, and im sure he went there when he wasn't famous, plus its always fun to go there and just shop. hope u have a nice time in minnesota

purplerain14 said:

i live in minnesota, and i think u got all of them!......u could drive by his old house too if u wanted, u can also see it from the lake near by. And u could also go to the mall of america. its not really related to prince...but there was a scene in purple rain where they were there, and im sure he went there when he wasn't famous, plus its always fun to go there and just shop. hope u have a nice time in minnesota

Hi there - just a few corrections:

If the house you're referring to is the one in Chanhassen near Paisley Park, that house was torn down a few years ago and all that's left to be seen there now is the guard house. The purple house was long ago torn down as well.

The scene in Purple Rain you're thinking of (I'm assuming the one in which Prince makes Apollonia give him the chain from her boot) wasn't filmed at the Mall of America, as that wasn't even built at that time, ; that scene was filmed in the Crystal Court at the IDS building in Minneapolis.

And you're right about the MOA being a good destination to include on a visit to the Minneapolis area. Especially if you enjoy shopping and people watching!

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purplerain14 said:

i live in minnesota, and i think u got all of them!......u could drive by his old house too if u wanted, u can also see it from the lake near by. And u could also go to the mall of america. its not really related to prince...but there was a scene in purple rain where they were there, and im sure he went there when he wasn't famous, plus its always fun to go there and just shop. hope u have a nice time in minnesota

what? In which scene of Purple rain are they at the mall of america?

When you go to the Hard Rock Cafe across the street from First Avenue, go through the gift shop up the stairs to the second floor where there is a nice Prince display.

Sounds so fun! Make sure u have fun as well! And sorry abou the loss

What about the kids house in the Purple Rain movie?

Or the infamous river scene where Apollonia jumps in that was suppose to be Lake Minnetonka?

First Ave

Alsphabet St.

Prince first house he bought in Edina.

Prince's apartment in Uptown.

Old location of Chris moon. Yea it's gone but thats where the magic started.

Church where he was married (hey you asked).

THe old Ruperts night club where he recorded Nothing COmpares to you live.

THe old Pacific CLub, his old hang out.

Rudolphs in Uptown, another old Prince favorite.

Old NPG store location.

Thats just a few that were not mentioned off the top of my head. I don't know how much would be of interests, but I thought I woudl throw that out there.