US Nationals - back to Greensboro, NC in 2015 & St. Paul, MN in 2016

[CoyoteChris]

Yahoo!!!! We are going back to Greensboro and they are going to BURN all those crappy seats and we will get ones meant for Humans....cant wait!
This time I am not driving to St Paul and staying with relatives...I am flying and staying nearby so I can party instead of commute. Xcel center has the best
espresso stand ever....frozen moucha here I come. Way to go, USFSA

[meggonzo]

So excited for St. Paul! Looking forward to seeing all your lovely faces.

Oh and there was a heat wave on Saturday of that week in 2008. I even unzipped my coat.

[paskatefan]

Yay for Greensboro!

[RockTheTassel]

I hope I'm still near enough to St. Paul in 2016 to go since I just missed attending in 2008. I want to finally go to a skating competition!

[jkl]

Glad to be going back to Greensboro. Hopefully with two years notice they will open a restaurant near the arena.....that BBQ one across the street got old!

[Carolla5501]

I remember even in the cold weather, it wasn't a very far walk from the rink.

and mini-donuts

Oh I forgot about those... they were great!

Glad to be going back to Greensboro. Hopefully with two years notice they will open a restaurant near the arena.....that BBQ one across the street got old!

You gave it more then one shot? I thought it was "old" on my one and only try (I was unimpressed LOL!)

[johndockley92]

BRING IT BACK TO ATLANTA!!!

+1

[Sit_spin]

Yay for Greensboro hosting Nationals again!

[Jammers]

I wonder what made the USFS decide to announce where Nationals are going to be so far ahead of time. Not just for 2015 either but 2016. Have they ever announced two cities at the same time?

[SkateFan66]

I wonder what made the USFS decide to announce where Nationals are going to be so far ahead of time. Not just for 2015 either but 2016. Have they ever announced two cities at the same time?

IIRC, both cities were finalists to host the 2014 Nationals. The USFSA probably offered the two cities the option to host Nationals in 2015 or 2016 when Boston was selected for 2014. By announcing this far in advance, the host cities should have the ability to do a good job with marketing and promotion.

[lexeoe]

wow! usfsa announced it rather early for 2015-16 while we had to wait for sometime for 2014.

[TwizzlerS]

If you're looking for something else to do in Greensboro, you should go to the International Civil Rights Museum. It's an amazing place. It is fairly new and is housed in an old Woolworth's building that was the site of a famous lunch counter sit-in. The presentation is very well done.

[paskatefan]

^ ITA. This is the first thing we did in Greensboro before we checked into our hotel (and before the week of competition began). A teacher colleague who grew up in the south & participated in the lunch counter sit-ins told us about it once she knew we were going to Greensboro.

[sk9tingfan]

wow! usfsa announced it rather early for 2015-16 while we had to wait for sometime for 2014.

It used to be that way. I remember buying Nationals tickets two years out and Worlds in 2003, three years out. I guess that it really made sense because they probably had two really strong bids from these two cities for 2014. Why go through the process of having them re-submit new bids for subsequent years when USFSA knew what they would be getting? I'm sure that all are totally thrilled, especially with the lead time to plan.

[Rob]

YES!!! A chance to get back to Patrick McGovern's Pub in St. Paul. Best hot turkey sandwiches ever

After all the leftover Turkey we had from US Thanksgiving, 2016 might be the next time I want a hot turkey sandwich.

Re Greensboro, we went downtown to the art gallery area, and there was a nice artist coop building with lots of reasonably prices crafts. We also drove to Winston Salem where there are a lot of artisan stores. A number of them had closed during the recession, but I read an article that said that they are reopening and it is getting back to the vibrant art community it once was. I got a lot of bday and Xmas present shopping done in January!