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Maplewood City Council Votes To Temporarily Close Stargate Nightclub
February 22, 2017 5:15 PM By Reg Chapman
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Maplewood City Council voted
Wednesday to temporarily close Stargate Nightclub.
The vote comes after a shooting over the weekend that left five people
injured.
City council members say they heard from many people in Maplewood,
St. Paul and Roseville who want to see the club shut down.
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Maplewood Police Chief Paul Schnell says the owner and manager of
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Stargate Nightclub have demonstrated “an inability to restore order to the
property.”
“In order to restore order, it’s necessary that Stargate cease all business
operations pending city-verified implementation of a range of
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requirements,” Schnell said.
The temporary shutdown of
Stargate comes after a weekend
shooting where more than 70 shots
were fired and five people were
hurt.
Schnell says the gunfire came from
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multiple guns. The first shot was
fired inside the club and the rest in the parking lot.
He listed a number of conditions in order for Stargate to re-open,
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“Many people just want Stargate shut down once and for all, but the
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simple fact is we are not legally able to do so,” said Mayor Nora Slawik.
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“The club’s ownership has rights and we have to respect their rights
throughout this process.”
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Club Manager Marsea Xiong asked for the council to allow Stargate to
remain open so they can make money to be able to afford making the
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required changes. But her husband, club owner Paul Xiong, says he has
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“Let’s close the club down because this business is a lot of mess and
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we need to close it,” Xiong said. “I don’t want this business. It’s a lot of
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headache. I might have a heart attack at the place, you know. It’s done, I
don’t want it.”
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The city council will meet again Monday to discuss the status of
Stargate’s liquor license.
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