# Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold is betting on the future of downtown St. Paul

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Podcast: [MPR News with Angela Davis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mpr-news-with-angela-davis-239489)
Published: 2026-06-24T14:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/06/24/craig-leipold-minnesota-wild-future-of-downtown-st-paul
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Craig Leipold may be one of downtown St. Paul’s biggest boosters. He’s the owner of the Minnesota Wild, and his company manages the venues that bring two million people downtown every year for games, concerts and other events: the Grand Casino Arena, the Saint Paul RiverCentre and Roy Wilkins Auditorium. This year, he expanded his sports franchises to include a new women’s volleyball team that he hopes will attract even more fans to downtown. And he just became majority owner of the historic St. Paul Hotel , the century-old hotel overlooking Rice Park where he stays on the top floor when he isn’t home in Racine, Wis. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Leipold about his career, the business of sports, being a dad of five sons and what’s ahead for downtown St. Paul.

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