The DoubleTree by Hilton St. Paul Downtown told guests to leave by Noon today – they’re closing. Hotels in the area are under pressure amidst immigration protests. Some have been seen as housing federal agents, while others are within the orbit of demonstrations and face risk of civil disorder and vandalism.
The hotel says it is “temporarily clos[ing]” because of “heightened public safety concerns in St. Paul.” You’re out by Noon. And they offer two options:
- Refund the previous night, or
- Pay first night at a new hotel at the same rate as the cancelled booking, with help finding accommodations
It’s an evacuate and close the building plan to reduce liability and damage to the property. Major booking platforms show the hotel closed through January 21, “subject to change.”
NEW: “Due to heightened public safety concerns in St. Paul, we have made the difficult decision to temporarily close our hotel…” Several hotels are now closing in the Twin Cities because of safety concerns—The Double Tree downtown St. Paul sliding this notification under the… pic.twitter.com/cNJu0iyDWT
— Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) January 18, 2026
The Minneapolis-St. Paul area is in a sustained and escalating confrontation over federal immigration operations. The government’s Operation Metro Surge has brought demonstrations and law enfocement response. The fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent in south Minneapolis on January 7 was a part of this.
Downtown hotels have been in direct line of protest. Crowds gathered near the Canopy Hotel and forced entry during a night of unrest. There has also been attacks and vandalism, including 15 vehicles in hotel parking lots in Eagan (many “associated with federal employees”).
Hotels are places where federal personnel may be staying, and have become targets for protests or are at least perceive to be a risk.
Earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security accused a Hampton Inn of cancelling and refusing reservations by ICE personnel. The hotel told Hilton it would change its behavior but did not, and got kicked out of the chain.
Meanwhile, dozens of area restaurants have closed, some out of fear of protests and others out of fear for their employees being picked up by la migra. Several restaurants have “No ICE” signs.
ICE agents eat at small-town Mexican restaurant — then arrest workers
Federal agents detained three workers from a family-owned Mexican restaurant in Willmar yesterday, hours after four agents ate lunch there. @StarTribune pic.twitter.com/hDLHSURIgM— Andrew Revkin ✍ ☮️ (@Revkin) January 16, 2026
Meanwhile, roughly “80% of immigrant-owned businesses along key corridors” in Minneapolis and St. Paul closed in the past week due to fear.
(HT: @crucker)
Fantastic! May Hilton lose stock price, customers, and naked diamond members like me for their support of the clown government!
“Mostly peaceful rioting”.
DT St. Paul averages 3.7 in reviews. Reviews that immediately pop up include:
Jul 2025, Trip Advisor rating of 2
Disappointing.
“Disappointing. I picked the Double Tree because I thought it would be better than similarly priced places. Bad decision. The hotel is surrounded by homeless encampments outside all doors. Smells like…”
Jun 2025
Trip Advisor rating of 2
Wouldn’t recommend breakfast even if it was free
“The breakfast buffet has changed and it’s horrible and way overpriced. The warm food options are now only a breakfast sandwich that you heat in the microwave-tasted awful-or waffles. Limited other…”
Who is going to stay there???
Are alll of the mornos that for Orange Hitler happy yet? All of your money won’t save you when the bombs start flying.
I’ll wager that DoD reached out to book the whole hotel and they knew it was go along or shutdown with an excuse.
It’s amazing what a hellscape MSP area has become with these lunatics and their whistles, bullhorns, umbrellas and screaming.
@Gene – But, but, but, I never would have voted for him if I knew he was going to do every last thing he said he was going to do.
This is what happens when armed untrained jack boots arrive in your city. Chaos. Noem is fortunate her budget and track record are not disclosed. Yet. Business suffers.
If hotels wanna do this for whatever reason, so be it, here, anywhere, just be sure to provide adequate notice, alternatives, refunds, and compensation, where applicable. Or, because there are few rules about this, just throw people out, and tell them to ‘deal with it.’ USA! USA! USA!
@Steve Mostly peaceful rioting. Just like January 6th.
@Saint
You’re on the losing side of this.
@Gene
We are happy, he’s not backing down to left wing terrorists. Showing them who’s in charge. It’s not a group of unemployed agitators. This isn’t 2020 anymore.
@Maryland
You mean this is what happens when left wing terrorists engage in sedition.
@Parker
Yeah that was a day an actual unarmed woman was killed unlike the crazy Karen in the Honda .
Time for the insurrection act.
Walter, start proving your assertions. And good luck because Noem cannot. Without disclosing information.
ICE has been in Minnesota for months, and has recently ramped up to 3,000 agents, despite the illegal immigrant population of MN being under half the national average.
This isn’t immigration enforcement anymore. It’s anyone who isn’t white being pulled over or stopped in the street for no reason other than being in public. Agents are going door to door asking people to tell them where their brown neighbors are.
And it’s not like you get ID’d one time and then you’re fine… if you are brown and go out in public, it happens to you over and over again.
And each new encounter is with a new set of agents with unknown training and temperament who have been told they enjoy absolute immunity from executing citizens.
How many times per day do you want to be stopped and required to prove your identify before you feel like your rights have been lost?
Who would have guessed that turning Puppy Killer Barbie and Cosplay Sturmfuhrer Greg loose on a major American city wasn’t a good idea
Minneapolis looks like Portland, OR now. Another Blue City dump.
@ Walter — Let me guess, you are white, old, and for some unknown reason, angry?
Coffee , it looks like a dump only after the maga.invade Sweet dreams about what your world has become.
Leftist rioters ruin it for everybody. Who told the illegal aliens they could ignore our laws, collect, welfare, get free health care , defraud a dozen federal programs for billions of taxpayer dollars and all would be forgiven?
It certainly wasn’t MAGA.
Minneapolis is being cleaned up.
This is what we voted for. If you assault or try and attack a federal agent expect to suffer the consequences.
Time to trigger the insurrection act.
Is one allowed to condemn Jan6 riots, these riots, and any riots where those in the area must fear for their life, safety, and property? Asking for a friend, as I’m not allowed an opinion because, despite my efforts, I’m old and white, with light hair and skin and was born in the US.
@This comes to mind — You’re allowed to have and share whatever opinions you want, so long as Gary hosts us.
@Walter Barry — Say whatever you wanna say, too; doesn’t make you right. I believe you are wrong.
Explain to me how this article relates to travel or “view from the wing” besides trying to stir the pot and make it political?
Walter giving strong botched penile enlargement surgery energy in this thread
@CMH Flier – it is literally a Hilton hotel kicking out guests
I never post here and to be honest, I am a little nervous about it. Please stop with the “fraud” talk. Unfortunately, there isn’t a state in the nation without fraud. Have we all forgotten that there is a sitting senator from Florida who pleaded the fifth during testimony about Medicare fraud? And, have we forgotten about the beloved quarterback Brett Farve fraud in Mississippi? Come on man – what is happening to us?
@ Walter — Right, because turning our troops against our citizens is somehow a good idea? News alert — we don’t live in a vacuum, as individuals or nations. Our trading partners will cut us off. Citizens will fight back. That’s the world you want?
Above all, how is it that people forget that the current POTUS attempted to illegally seize control of the federal government after losing an election. This is the same person that supported defrauding voters through fake electors. Do you not see that this person does not care about you. or America, but only himself? Wake up.
Keep an eye on this hotel. I suspect they may be booking the place out entirely to the Gestapo.
@Maryland
Ha! Ha! Reporting from Baltimore by chance? Speaking of Blue City Dumps.
@CMH Flier — You sure you aren’t @This comes to mind, in-disguise?
If not, know that you two share the same “homeport.”
Most of the vehicles damaged around Trump/Vance-occupied Minneapolis have been damaged by the regime’s paramilitary goon squads. The regime’s goon squad smashes windows of cars, slams into cars in front and behind them and then there is the feature of a bunch of southern clowns not knowing how to drive on winter streets.
“With warmest regards” at the end of the notification! What kind of BS is that? And then the trolls who have to interject politics…pitiful!
@Walter Barry That is complete f’ing BS and you know it.
Rioters were storming the halls of the US Capitol screaming, “hang Mike Pence.” The House chamber was barricaded and the “unarmed” woman you are referencing was attempting to breach the barricade and was not until after repeatedly being warned to stand down. Members of law enforcement (that people like you claim to value over anyone else) we murdered by rioters hellbent on taking over Congress.
Your lies are disgusting, unamerican, unpatriotic and an affront to the Constitution you and people like you are currently sh!tting all over while simultaneously weaponizing against everyone you hate. The people who should be thrown out of this country are people like you who think escalating against people engaged in the constitutionally-protected right to engage in civil disobedience (not breaking into a government building).
I don’t hate you or anyone like you, but I do hate what you are doing to this country, a country my father and grandfather were injured and nearly killed protecting during wars while your buddy was sitting on his gilded toilet nursing his bone spurs.
Again, consequences of poor governance. The more law and order is resisted by officials, the worse the pace will get. Protesters have been given a license to rage!
Cool.
This is why you shouldn’t operate a business in a city that harbors criminals and fraudsters. More ICE please!!!
Interesting. I am an immigrant too but for some reason I am not scared by the ICE. Perhaps it’s because I didn’t do anything wrong in order to be living here, and maybe the several years I spent making sure I did it properly were a worthwhile investment?
@GMB don’t worry, ICE will be coming for you soon too. Or, have you not noticed that they have deporting US citizens and people here legally?
It’s also sad that you, like so many people, got what you wanted, now F everyone else. You really are acclimating to American culture well. You should be proud.
The real insurrection is the coup within the Democrat party. They are the party of weak, effeminate men and militant, unhinged Karens.
@CMH Flier – it’s a hotel story, how is that not travel related?
Amazing how many on here support the terrorism of the right. This isn’t about illegals, it’s about punishing voting blue.