{"id":270,"slug":"first-avenue-minneapolis-minnesota","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["First Avenue is the curved — the 'bus depot' that's the building's first, the 'gates wall' that's the stage's backdrop. The 'Purple filmed' is the shot — the '3 weeks' that's the shoot's length, the 'recorded live' that's the album's source. The 'testing ground' is the used — the 'unreleased played' that's Prince's habit, the 'surprise gigs' that's the access's gift.","The 'stars marked' is the painted — the 'each act' that's the wall's honor, the 'silver his' that's Prince's star's rank. The 'disco died' is the pivoted — the 'Uncle Sam's' that's the name's middle, the 'NYE '81' that's the rename's night. First Avenue is the stayed — the '10,000 mourned' that's the street's fill, the 'still books' that's the venue's now.","The file keeps First Avenue: the curved depot, the filmed Purple, the tested songs, and the painted stars.","First Avenue is the archive's Minnesota file — the bus station that became Prince's stage."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["First Avenue is the archive's Minnesota file — the club that made Minneapolis a music city.","A club keeps its curve — the file's suggestion being that First Avenue's hold is the repurposed: the 'depot' that's the building's first, the 'Purple Rain' that's the film's shoot, and the 'silver star' that's the honor's rank."]}],"name":"First Avenue","aliases":[],"type":"MUSIC_VENUE","type_label":"Music Venue","cats":["HAUNTING"],"groups":["hauntings","institutions"],"desc":"Music venue associated with documented cultural history.","full_desc":"First Avenue is a music venue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Music venue associated with documented cultural history. The archive files it under haunting reports. The dossier holds 1 reported claim, 1 legend and 1 documented fact — documented record and retelling kept side by side. Access details are unverified — research before visiting. The dossier keeps the place and the story in the same record — which is what the archive is for.","address":null,"city":"Minneapolis","county":null,"state":"Minnesota","postal":null,"region":"Midwest","lat":44.963324,"lon":-93.26832,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"UNKNOWN","access":"UNKNOWN","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":null,"research_notes":"Discovery pass. Earliest attestation, primary history, precise location and current access require independent enrichment.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":53.1,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.6,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":206,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Folklore describes a woman haunting a restroom. The reports at First Avenue are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. It circulates as local folklore — the kind communities keep rather than verify. The report is preserved in sources like 'Minnesota's Spookiest Sites'. The figure remains the site's most-repeated sighting.","evidence":"LOCAL_FOLKLORE","evidence_label":"Local folklore","entity":null,"where":"restroom","first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.7,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Minnesota's Spookiest Sites","url":"https://www.exploreminnesota.com/seasons/fall/spookiest-places-minnesota","publisher":"Explore Minnesota","type":"TOURISM","authority":3},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"Formerly a Greyhound depot. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. The press recorded it; the detail stands as reported history. 'Minnesota's Spookiest Sites' documents the entry. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context. The lore keeps its witness.","evidence":"MEDIA_REPORTED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Minnesota's Spookiest Sites","url":"https://www.exploreminnesota.com/seasons/fall/spookiest-places-minnesota","publisher":"Explore Minnesota","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"Folklore describes a woman haunting a restroom. The reports at First Avenue are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The claim is neighborhood knowledge — retold locally, verified nowhere. 'Minnesota's Spookiest Sites' carries the account. The story outranks the documentation, which is how you know it's folklore.","earliest":null,"evidence":"LOCAL_FOLKLORE","source":{"name":"Minnesota's Spookiest Sites","url":"https://www.exploreminnesota.com/seasons/fall/spookiest-places-minnesota","publisher":"Explore Minnesota","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Access details are unverified; research before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Minnesota's Spookiest Sites","url":"https://www.exploreminnesota.com/seasons/fall/spookiest-places-minnesota","publisher":"Explore Minnesota","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":0,"sources":1}}