• Minnesota State Fair, all day

  • Minnesota Vikings vs. Denver, 7 p.m.

  • Minnesota Twins vs. Detroit, 7:10 p.m.

    The simultaneous home games — impossible before construction of the Twins' Target Field — will undoubtedly snarl downtown Minneapolis, with perhaps 100,000 fans outdoors before and after the games.

    Conventional wisdom is to take public transportation, such as light rail or buses. That's where the State Fair comes into play. The Great Minnesota Get-Together directs much of its fleet to park-and-ride bus services.

    The result: Mass transit will be "at capacity," said Metro Transit, which urges visitors to start early because "every available vehicle" will be in use and perhaps full.

    "Smart sports fans will consider taking a bus instead of a train, take an earlier trip to the game and expect to get cozy with their fellow Minnesotans," Metro Transit General Manager Brian Lamb said.

    — Dave Orrick

    Online: Planning to head into town tonight? MetroTransit.org/Sept2

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