Question: Where did the Dallas Stars play when the team was first established?
Answer: The team was founded as the Minnesota North Stars in 1967, playing their home games in the newly constructed Metropolitan Sports Center in Bloomington. The North Stars reached the Stanley Cup Final in 1981 and 1991, losing both times.
Having previously requested moves to San Jose and Los Angeles, the team was granted permission to relocate to Dallas for the 1993-94 season, where they shared Reunion Arena with the Dallas Mavericks and played as the Stars. Led by Joe Nieuwendyk, Sergei Zubov, and Mike Modano, the franchise won its first and only Stanley Cup in 1999, defeating the Buffalo Sabres in six games.
