Blues condemn 'messages of hate' displayed at home game last week

Matthew DeFranks, St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Oct 26, 2026

Published in Hockey

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ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Blues owner and Chairman Tom Stillman released a statement Monday morning to "condemn antisemitic rhetoric" following the display of multiple anti-Israel signs at Thursday's game against the Vegas Golden Knights at Enterprise Center.

“The St. Louis Blues organization — and I personally — condemn antisemitic rhetoric in all forms," Stillman said. "The vile messages of hate briefly displayed at our game last Thursday were unfortunate and unforgivable, and not remotely representative of our fans or our hometown.

"Our arena staff and local law enforcement responded immediately to confiscate the prohibited banners and eject the offending individuals. Antisemitism has no place in our community, and we will never allow it in our building.”

During the second period of Thursday's game, there was a sign held up on the glass in Section 105 that read "Israel Kills," with red marks resembling blood splattered on and around the Star of David. The sign appeared on the game broadcast after the second television timeout of the period.

There also were signs above Section 111 that read "Free America from Israel" with imagery including the Statue of Liberty.

Freedom Convoy USA, an anti-Israel movement traveling through the country, seemingly took credit for the protest on social media. The group posted a video showing a person being removed from Enterprise Center while holding a sign that read, "Fund American schools, healthcare, jobs, children, food, not Israeli bombs," in addition to people passing out flyers outside the arena.

"Blues fans have every right to ask why their tax dollars help fund Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people — while their own communities struggle," the group said, in a statement sent by spokesman Gur Tsabar.

"Criticizing Israel is in no way, shape or form antisemitic. Tom (Stillman) treating the two as interchangeable actually holds Jewish people collectively responsible for a state’s actions, and that's incredibly antisemitic," the statement reads.

The group's website says members were in St. Louis last Thursday before heading to Chicago, then Uniontown, Pa.

According to Enterprise Center policies, fans are permitted to bring "small signs, banners, posters and flags" into the building, but they "must be related to the event" and no larger than 2 feet by 3 feet in size.

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