A vehicle in front of the Maven Hotel located just a block away from Coors Field home of the 2021 All Star Game where thousands were to attend the mid summer classic Monday and Tuesday. Police seized a huge amount of weapons and ammo on the eighth floor of the hotel on Friday Jul 9, 2021 arresting four suspects (AP News photo Denver)

By Morris Phillips

DENVER–Thanks to a housekeeper working at a nearby hotel near Coors Field in downtown Denver just a block from Coors Field home of the 2021 All Star game four suspects were arrested after the housekeeper spotted ammunition, dozens of long arm rifles, dozens of weapons and thousands of rounds in one of two rooms where suspects were staying.

The tip from the housekeeper might have save thousands of lives of fans, workers, employees and baseball personnel from injury or death. The housekeeper made the discovery at the Maven hotel on the eighth floor on Friday while doing cleaning duties. For some a flashback to what happened at the Las Vegas hotel that took place at the Mandalay Bay Hotel on the 32nd floor on October 1, 2017 which killed 60 when suspect Stephen Paddock took shots from that floor. Paddock later killed himself inside the hotel room.

It’s mind boggling to think how many lives that housekeeper could have saved after making such a discovery. Denver police removed 16 long guns, body armor, and thousands of rounds of bullets. Major League Baseball moved the All Star game from Atlanta to Denver because of voter suppression laws that were passed in Georgia which restricted voters particularly minorities and people of color’s access to vote in Georgia and that was questioned as a motivating factor for the suspects. Police noted however that one of the suspects had posted a message on Facebook that he was recently divorced and said on his page that he wanted to go out in a big way.

Police are still investigating what the actual intent of the suspects were. It was reported that one of the suspects had a child, a long criminal history, and worked construction. The suspects rooms were located on the eighth floor at the Maven Hotel. The Maven was closed as police combed through the hotel and it was reported by a witness that he saw a car being put on a flatbed. Police concluded there is no further threat to the public.

Morris Phillips is a San Francisco Giants beat writer and is covering the 2021 All Star Game in Denver for http://www.sportsradioservice.com