Quick question- need answer, please

[Randygmn]

Does anyone know if the Excel center is posted (I assume it is) and if so, what are their security measures (wand, metal detectors, pat down).

I'm taking my daughter to the Wild game tonight. Got last minute tickets and have never been there.

Thanks for the help!!
Randy

[BigBlue]

They had none of that for a recent Swarm game. I always worry about my pocket knife but there was no checking happening. Doesn't mean Wild might not do things differently, of course.

BB

[Mn01r6]

They wand. Would not recommend carrying unless you get there early enough to return to your car and secure your firearm before the game starts.

I was there on Saturday. Didn't carry. Had my Emerson full size commander in my pocket with my keys. They didn't notice.

[dupa]

I've never had a security concern at the exel. Park by the science museum and walk through the skyway. Grew up in St. Paul work in St. Paul. Never carry more than a little pepper spray never had to use it

[Randygmn]

Thanks folks. I found the answers on a post in the "gun free zone" section. It was a little olde and made no mention of wands. I just moved to Minnesota recently and am unfamiliar with St Paul in general. I've heard it can be a little rough. Seemed ok when I went to a gun show at the excel a few months ago. But that was during the day.

I really don't like going to a heavily trafficked area unarmed. Too many unknown people and many of them drunk. With that said, I'd normally pass up going instead of leaving my firearm in the car. But my 12 year old has been asking for me to take her to her first hockey game for a long time. And with free tickets I can't really say no. Especially after taking her to the range (for the first time ever) each of the last 2 days. I guess I'll have to surrender my firearm tonight
I wonder if the other 20,000 people will know..........

[tenmilmag]

I guess I'll have to surrender my firearm tonight
I wonder if the other 20,000 people will know..........[/quote]

At least a couple hundred who have read this thread will know

Enjoy the game!

[Randygmn]

Well, I went unarmed. Didn't see any signs at the entrance I went in. They did have announcements over the loudspeakers piped outside saying guns were prohibited, though. Inside, security had wands. They were woefully untrained and I suppose I could have walked right in with a Javelin shoulder fired missile launcher. The guy didn't even wand me, lol.

Did see a few armed police officers inside. Still, the situation was ripe for a demented person to inflict a lot of harm on a lot of unprepared people. Not my kind of environment. Oh, and the Wild stunk last night. Daughter loved it anyway, lol.

Thanks for the help, guys!!

[grimbeaver]

I went to the North Star College Cup there and they were only patting down. Guy didn't even do a good job, if I had been carrying he would have completely missed it.

[ex-LT]

I went to the North Star College Cup there and they were only patting down. Guy didn't even do a good job, if I had been carrying he would have completely missed it.

Ditto with the B1G tournament last weekend.

Attended the Wild-Canadiens game on Nov 1, too, and I don't recall being wanded then, either.

[EAJuggalo]

Well, I went unarmed. Didn't see any signs at the entrance I went in.

The signs are plaques affixed to the side of the building next to the entrances that say the building operator bans guns unless the tenant directs otherwise. Or some such nonsense.

ETA, Anyone know who is the actual building tenant for the Northstar College Cup? Seems to me it would be one of the schools involved which would prevent them from banning by state law.

[Mn01r6]

Well, I went unarmed. Didn't see any signs at the entrance I went in.

The signs are plaques affixed to the side of the building next to the entrances that say the building operator bans guns unless the tenant directs otherwise. Or some such nonsense.

ETA, Anyone know who is the actual building tenant for the Northstar College Cup? Seems to me it would be one of the schools involved which would prevent them from banning by state law.

ummm...I thought ticketed events were different? Can you actually carry at a Mankato state football game and not get kicked out?

[EAJuggalo]

By law yes, but someone would have to bring suit that their rights under 624.714 were violated by being forced to leave. You'd pretty much have to get the guards on tape saying the only reason you're being asked to leave is because of the firearm.

[Mn01r6]

And then you would be asking a judge to agree with a fairly absurd conclusion that a ticketed event is a "public place"

[grimbeaver]

ETA, Anyone know who is the actual building tenant for the Northstar College Cup? Seems to me it would be one of the schools involved which would prevent them from banning by state law.

I would assume it would be MnSCU and MnSCU rules apply to 'system property' which they define as:
Subpart E. System property. "System property" means the facilities and land owned, leased, or under the primary control of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, its Board of Trustees, system office, colleges, and universities.
So I would guess the same rules that apply on a campus would apply to any off-site event in a space they lease. The question is when they have an event like that is it 'leased' or do they have 'primary control'?

[EAJuggalo]

Why the assumption of MNSCU? Only two of the four teams involved this year were MNSCU schools. If it were we would still have the tenant of the building being an organization prohibited from banning firearms by state statute, which trumps their "rules."