The announcement came live from Gothenburg, Sweden at 6 a.m. Friday, with the games in Minnesota beginning in December 2025.

"I cannot tell you how excited we are to be sitting up here. I'm literally pinching myself," Minnesota Sports and Events (MNSE) president and CEO Wendy Blackshaw said from the dais with hockey officials and Visit St. Paul president Jaimee Hendrikson. "This is such a big deal to us."

Slice Brothers' watch bar is set to open in Treasure Island Center in Saint Paul.

Because the restaurant was built to spec for a pizzeria in a highly trafficked area, co-owner Hosie Thurmond said he and his business partner Adam Kado decided to shift the model a bit to the watch bar concept. It’s their biggest space yet at about 2,500 to 3,000 square feet and could seat 50-60 people, Thurmond said. It’ll also have an outdoor patio.

The Treasure Island Center location is slated to open sometime in February. 

Turns out we work better when we can work with others.

A gradual reverse migration is underway, from Zoom to the conference room. Wall Street firms have been among the most forceful in summoning workers to their offices, but in recent months even many tech titans — Apple, Google, Meta and more — have demanded staff show up to the office at least three days a week.

The gift came from William D. Wells, who long was an advocate for improving education and literacy in science, technology, engineering and math.

Until Wednesday, the largest donation the nonprofit museum had received in its most recent history was a $1 million gift from an unnamed donor to pay for operations in 2019.