Get in
[edit]By plane
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[edit]State route 169
By bus
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[edit]Get around
[edit]Minnesota Valley Transit Authority
See
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[edit]- 1 Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd, Prior Lake, toll-free: +1 800-262-7799. 24 hrs. The largest casino you will find in Minnesota!.
- Renaissance Festival The best old time festival you will find in the midwest. Typically held ~Aug 15-Sept 30.
- 2 Valleyfair, ☏ +1 952-445-7600. A theme park that includes 6 roller coasters, a water park and an assortment of family rides. *
- 3 Canterbury Park, 1100 Canterbury Rd S, ☏ +1 952-445-7223, toll-free: +1-800-340-6361. A horse race track & card club casino located in Shakopee. The card club is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Live horse racing runs in summers, normally Thursday through Sunday, beginning May 15th, and ending August 30th. Famed for hosting the Claiming Crown semi-annually, a series of races with $600,000 in purses for claiming horses. Live racing is a much more family oriented event, with a playground and pony rides usually offered on Sundays.
- Race car tracks Located on the old 169
- Murphy's Landing Recreation of a 1900s style community with acting
- Trails of Terror A fun scary experience in October at the same location as the Renaissance Festival.
- Lakefront Music Fest (great scott county), [email protected]. The Lakefront Music Fest is one of Scott’s highest profile events, offering two nights of classic rock and country by top national acts. On the bill in 2021 were Styx, Cheap Trick, 38 Special, Jake Owen and Noah Guthrie.
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[edit]- Zuppa Cucina, 1667 17th Ave E, ☏ +1 952-445-3737, [email protected].
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[edit]Mid-range
[edit]- Holiday Inn Express, 511 Marschall Road, ☏ +1 952 445-9779.
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[edit]Routes through Shakopee |
Minneapolis via and ← Bloomington/Eden Prairie ← | N S | → Le Sueur → Mankato |
Wayzata ← Chanhassen ← | N S | → Savage → Ends at |