But for the naming rights situation, I'd prefer something a little more along the lines of Stadium/HCMC or Stadium/Hospital. Sadly it is probably just going to be "US Bank Stadium Station", which is already too long and clunky. There's not even room for "Chicago Avenue" in there...maybe Metro Transit will finally see some wisdom in leaving off the redundant "Station" part...
But I agree with HiawathaGuy, and I'll go even further - "Downtown East" as a term should pretty much fade away from usage. It was really only useful to describe the sea of asphalt between the CBD and the Dome. Now that it's rapidly filling in and just becoming more "downtown", I could see the term fading away. I don't think "Downtown East" was ever used much by the general public anyways, aside from the LRT station itself.
Look at the official boundaries of "Downtown East", keeping in mind that HCMC and everything south of 6th Street is actually in Elliot Park.
Now remove the whole "Mill District" sub-area (everything north of Washington). Now remove the several blocks occupied by the stadium itself, including parking ramp & plaza(s). What's left is just a few blocks between. "Downtown East" doesn't really exist, now that the Wells Fargo development and Commons Park (both literally split in half by the boundary of DTW/DTE) have filled in so much. This is reflected in the proposed change by the official Downtown Mpls Neighborhood Association (DMNA) too. They want to split into two groups "Downtown" and "Mill District":
http://www.journalmpls.com/news-feed/do ... lit-in-two