In honor of the Minnesota Timberwolves making it into the Western Conference finals for the first time in 20 years, Mayor Frey, City of Minneapolis, Minneapolis downtown council, Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District, Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce and Meet Minneapolis are celebrating by painting First Avenue downtown and temporarily changing street signs to honor the Wolves.  

At midnight, the City’s Public Works crews began painting the words “Go Wolves!” on First Avenue North between Fifth and Sixth streets North. The 19-foot-tall letters are painted in Timberwolves blue and green.  

"Downtown is howling with excitement and painting the town Timberwolves,” said Mayor Jacob Frey. “Thank you to our Public Works crews who have been out the past two days putting up temporary street signs and painting streets to celebrate the Wolves. Bring Ya A** downtown – because Minneapolis is ready!”  

On Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Frey joined City crews to put up temporary street signs with the Wolves logo and team colors. The signs are at the intersections of First Avenue and Sixth Street and at First Avenue and Seventh Street.  

“Bringing out the blue and green on our city streets is just one way to show our support,” said City Operations Officer Margaret Anderson Kelliher. “Sports fans from across the country are looking to Minneapolis for the first two games of the series and we want to showcase our best.” 

“Team Public Works is always at the ready, and this time they answered the call to support our T-Wolves,” said Public Works Director Tim Sexton. “Thanks to our crews who worked overnight to paint the encouraging words – and touched up crosswalks in the area while they were at it. This is Minneapolis at its finest.” 

The Minnesota Timberwolves face the Dallas Mavericks in game two of the Western Conference finals on Friday, May 25, at Target Center. 

The signs and street painting will remain in place throughout the series.