Officials have since narrowed down their funding pitch to lawmakers to drop renovations at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium and RiverCentre in St. Paul, instead focusing on just the Xcel Energy Center.

Of the trimmed price-tag, the city and “local partners” will provide $200 million, and the Minnesota Wild would provide $238 ...

St. Paul city leaders and the Minnesota Wild are drastically reducing their request for state funding to help cover planned renovations to Xcel Energy Center.