page_title: Shakopee, Minnesota
section_title: Attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Shakopee, Minnesota / Attractions
caption_attribution_description: English: Horse race. Canterbury Downs in Shakopee, Minnesota. Canterbury Park.
context_page_description: Shakopee is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Minnesota. It is located southwest of downtown Minneapolis. Sited on the south bank bend of the Minnesota River, Shakopee and nearby suburbs comprise the southwest portion of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, the sixteenth-largest metropolitan area in the United States, with 3.6 million people. The population of Shakopee was 37,076 at the 2010 census.
  The river bank's Shakopee Historic District contains burial mounds built by prehistoric cultures. In the 18th century, Chief Shakopee of the Mdewakanton Dakota established his village on the east end of this area near the water. Trading led to the city's establishment in the 19th century. Shakopee boomed as a commerce exchange site between river and rail at Murphy's Landing.
  Once an isolated city in the Minnesota River Valley, by the 1960s the economy of Shakopee was tied to that of the expanding metropolitan area. Significant growth as a bedroom community occurred after U.S. Highway 169 was realigned in 1996 toward the new Bloomington Ferry Bridge.
  The city is known for the Valleyfair amusement park and the Canterbury Park racetrack.
context_section_description: Shakopee is the location of several attractions that are well-recognized throughout the state and even nationally.
  Valleyfair is a family amusement park located just outside the Shakopee downtown on County Highway 101.
  The Landing is an 88-acre (360,000 m²) historic village located on the Minnesota River just outside downtown Shakopee.  The Landing is a working representation of Minnesota life from the 1840s-1890s.
  Canterbury Park is a horse racetrack and card club located at the intersection of Canterbury Road and U.S. Highway 169.
  Minnesota Renaissance Festival attracts visitors from all over the world and is located south of Shakopee on U.S. Highway 169.
  Mystic Lake Casino is located nearby on the Shakopee-Mdewakanton Indian Reservation.
  Historic downtown Shakopee features numerous small town boutiques and restaurants, an old fashioned bakery, Turtle's 1890 Social Center, riverside concerts, and summertime bi-weekly classic car shows.
  Scott County Historical Society Museum and historic 1908 Stans House.
caption: Canterbury Park
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