Target Field is the future ballpark for the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It will be the franchise's sixth ballpark (counting the team's beginnings as the Washington Senators) and third in Minnesota, replacing their current ballpark, the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.

It is the first built specifically for the Twins, as Metropolitan Stadium was built to attract a Major League team, while the Metrodome was built as a multipurpose stadium for both the Minnesota Vikings and the Twins. The stadium will be a 40,000 seat ballpark in the Warehouse District north of Downtown Minneapolis between 5th and 7th Streets, near the Target Center. The architect is Populous (formerly HOK Sport) with Bruce Miller as principal lead.

The firm is responsible for other stadiums such as Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, PNC Park in Pittsburgh, and AT&T Park in San Francisco. Mortenson Construction of Minneapolis is the construction firm building the stadium. Target Field will bear resemblance to these projects.

The Twins have opted for a "neutral" park which favors neither hitters nor pitchers; the current Metrodome with its white teflon ceiling is often said to be a "hitter's park", favoring the offense. Fan amenities are anticipated to be designed after those of the Xcel Energy Center in nearby St. Paul, the second most recent major sports venue built in the area (after TCF Bank Stadium, which will open in Sepember), with Xcel Energy Center opening in 2000.

Although earlier proposals called for the park to be built with a retractable roof, the current version of the park has neither a roof nor provisions to install one.

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