Commemorated here are persons whose sports achievments have brought lasting fame and honor to the state of Minnesota. They were selected because of their achievements in both amatuer and professional sports. The Minnesota Sports Hall of Fame is maintained by the Star Tribune, which established it in 1958, Minnesota's centennial year. In addition to this website, you can visit the Minnesota Sports Hall of Fame on the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome's upper concourse.