The Radisson South Hotel was built at the northwest corner of Highways 100 and 494. The address is 7800 Normandale Blvd.

Curt Carlson’s flagship hotel had 565 rooms in 22 stories. It cost $14 million to build.  The first event was “Enchanted Evening,” a benefit show starring Carol Channing and Shelly Berman on September 26, 1970.  1,200 people paid $50 each, to benefit two Minneapolis Boys Clubs.

Undated postcard – not exactly accurate

In 1974 there were three venues:

• Mr. C’s
• The Tiffany Restaurant
• The Shipside Restaurant

August 4, 1974

In the late 1970s, the hotel acquired an adjoining parcel of land to expand capacity. The hotel was in Bloomington, but the new addition would be in Edina — where no liquor could be sold. A solution was reached when the cities agreed to a land swap, putting the Radisson addition in Bloomington.

In 2004 it became a Sheraton Hotel, and then a Doubletree.