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A busy schedule for Xcel Energy Center with events like high school tournaments, Minnesota Wild games and concerts is welcome news for businesses along West Seventh Street.
The St. Paul Police Department plans to have three times the normal officer staffing levels in the neighborhoods surrounding Xcel Energy Center for the Minnesota Wild's home opener Tuesday night in light of recent violence on West Seventh Street.
Officers arrested three men on Sunday, Oct. 10, less than 12 hours after police said a shootout at a bar near downtown St. Paul “created chaos and tragedy,” leaving 14 injured and a woman dead.