2018 & 2019 ISU Championships Provisional Allotments update

[Sylvia]

As confirmed in ISU Communication No. 2017:

ISU Figure Skating Championships 2018
Europeans: Moscow RUS, January 15-21, 2018
Four Continents: Taipei City TPE, January 23-28, 2018 (new allotment)
Olympics in PyeongChang KOR, February 9-25, 2018
Junior Worlds: Sofia BUL March 5-11, 2018
Worlds: Milan ITA March 19-25, 2018

Synchronized Skating:
Junior Worlds: pending; March 16-17, 2018
Worlds: Stockholm SWE, April 6-7, 2018

ISU Figure Skating Championships 2019
Europeans: location pending; January 21-27, 2019
Four Continents: Colorado Springs, CO, February 4-10, 2019
Junior Worlds: Zagreb CRO, March 4-10, 2019
Worlds: Saitama City JPN, March 18-24, 2019

Synchronized Skating:
Junior Worlds: Neuchâtel SUI, March 15-16, 2019
Worlds: Helsinki FIN, April 12-14, 2019

 

[Sylvia]

Minsk, Belarus has been provisionally allotted the 2019 European Championships, January 21-27, 2019 - as published in ISU Communication no. 2042 today:

http://www.isu.org/en/news-and-events/news/2016/09/2042-decisions-of-the-isu-council
Direct link: http://static.isu.org/media/389918/2042-decisions-of-the-isu-council-geneva-september-2016.pdf

Also in Synchronized Skating:
2018 Junior Worlds: Zagreb, Croatia; March 16-17, 2018

ETA:

Thanks to @victorskid for finding this an article link: http://eng.belta.by/sport/view/bela...-figure-skating-championship-2019-94604-2016/

 

[Sylvia]

Bumping up since this thread title is more specific...

NOT an ISU Championships but I'll link to this thread with news announced today:

2018/2019 Grand Prix Final will be in Vancouver

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

It's so funny that Milan has been awarded the World Championships in 2018 and Minsk the European Championships in 2019.

That reminds me of an episode of Seinfeld where the characters obsessed about a made - up movie called Rochelle Rochelle: One woman's strange journey from (you guessed it, Milan to Minsk).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kgpVUE9RpQ

 

[Jeschke]

So, I am totally prepared for Cappellini/Lanotte biding farewell with another post-olympic-world-title

 

[rhapsody]

So, I am totally prepared for Cappellini/Lanotte biding farewell with another post-olympic-world-title

Bitch! Thanks for reminding me that the 2014 world title was stolen from the trashy French team with the weird pants!

I'll be wine-drunk at Milan Worlds the entire time for sure. If the Italians win again, I might light the whole place on fire.

 

[Jeschke]

Bitch!

You're welcome

I'll be wine-drunk at Milan Worlds the entire time for sure.

Sounds like a plan, I am in

 

[rhapsody]

Sounds like a plan, I am in

Yesssssss. We can be OES judging buddies.

 

[mattiecat13]

Anyone know where Skate Canada will be held in 2017? SA won't work since it's over Thanksgiving weekend so we are looking at attending SC instead. I did see Regina, Saskatchewan, bid but are there any other bidders? The Regina bid also said it would be held in October.

 

[MIREILLE]

Hello. I'm new here. I'm from Holland and I'm following all the championships on Eurosport as much as I can. I was thrilled to hear that the World Championship will be held in Milano in 2018. I'm planning to go there with my husband for all days. Does anyone know in which venue it will take place? It's a bit early, but I'd also like to know when the ticket sale will be started for all games. If I had the money, I'd go to Helsinki.

 

[googooeyes]

Anyone know where Skate Canada will be held in 2017? SA won't work since it's over Thanksgiving weekend so we are looking at attending SC instead. I did see Regina, Saskatchewan, bid but are there any other bidders? The Regina bid also said it would be held in October.

Skate Canada has been officially announced for Regina in 2017.
Here is the Skate Canada (association) event page with all the Canadian events for the year:
https://skatecanada.ca/events/

 

[skategal]

DASH Tours is advertising tours (coming soon) for the Grand Prix Final 2018 in Vancouver, BC.

Has this been confirmed by the ISU?

eta. Just noticed upthread it was confirmed.

Good though that DASH Tours will be offering tours soon for anyone looking for one.

 

[manhn]

Yep, are you coming?

 

[skategal]

Yep, are you coming?

I just told my husband I was. haha!

The timing of my announcement might not have been the best.

We just arrived back home today after 2 weeks in California and are having raging jet-lag.

ROTFLOL...

 

[manhn]

Fantastic! We have had so much snow this year, it should mean the next few years will be nice and mild!

 

[TAHbKA]

Belarus allows a visa free entrance for citizens of 80 countries for no more than 5 days
The 39 European countries and the USA are in the list, Canada is not mentioned explicitly, but there are `other countries', so there is a hope.
Euros 2018 might be possible

 

[levineismine]

Don't know whether the info belongs here (feel free to open a new thread when official info is in),
Icenetwork just tweeted:

The ISU announces that the 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy will act as the Olympic Figure Skating Qualifying Competition for #PyeongChang2018.

 

[MIREILLE]

Only one year to the World Championship in Milano. Does anyone know in which venue this will be held in Milano? And when will the ticket sale be on sale? I can't wait! We've already booked an apartment for a week in Milano!!

 

[MAXSwagg]

Only one year to the World Championship in Milano. Does anyone know in which venue this will be held in Milano? And when will the ticket sale be on sale? I can't wait! We've already booked an apartment for a week in Milano!!

They had an information booth at Helsinki Worlds this week. The man told me ticket sales will begin in two weeks. The venue is Mediolanum Forum.

 

[mattiecat13]

Does anyone know which Canadian city is bidding on 2020 Worlds?

 

[mollymgr]

They had an information booth at Helsinki Worlds this week. The man told me ticket sales will begin in two weeks. The venue is Mediolanum Forum.

At first I read it as Meldonium.

 

[jiejie]

Ah yes, the brand new Meldonium Forum. Smartly designed and constructed with a skeleton of chemically-reinforced concrete and a beautiful tension-cable and fabric roof revealing the latest in pumped-up pressure technology. Executives in charge of the new Forum proudly state their highest goal was that the venue bring out the "ultimate performance" from participating athletes. Features in the athlete areas include a state-of-the-art medical station (designed with the advice of top Russian team doctors) and comfortable restroom areas with individual stalls each having a little pass-through compartment at the rear for those pesky samples that WADA requires. Spectators aren't forgotten either. The public areas of the new Forum contain much-improved food and beverage outlets (always the bane of spectators at public arenas) that promise to offer both "regular" and "spiked" versions of popular beverages at fair prices, and a variety of tasty snacks that are guaranteed to get fans through even the most grueling 6 hour-long figure skating short program competitions.

 

[Moustaffask8r]

Does anyone know which Canadian city is bidding on 2020 Worlds?

Montreal I think!

 

[googooeyes]

Montreal or Quebec City. It's Quebec Section.

 

[manhn]

Ooohhh, Montreal for Worlds? Yes, please.

 

[clairecloutier]

Montreal or Quebec for Worlds would be amazing! But wasn't there some discussion about Quebec's stadium being too big for figure skating events? (i may be misremembering this.)

 

[skatingguy]

Montreal or Quebec for Worlds would be amazing! But wasn't there some discussion about Quebec's stadium being too big for figure skating events? (i may be misremembering this.)

They have a new arena - opened in 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_Vidéotron

 

[manhn]

Quebec City's arena is kinda in the middle of nowhere. And when they did GPF, people had to use OUTDOOR PORTA POTTIES. I hope that things have changed.

But I really want Worlds to go to Montreal. Skate Canada has been focusing on smaller arenas, but maybe after seeing how successful Boston was, they thought Montreal could attract fans. So, you East Coast Americans, you better come!

Eta: thanks for the updated information. No more outdoor Porta potties!

 

[clairecloutier]

They have a new arena - opened in 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_Vidéotron

So at 18K seats, it's just a little bigger than TD Garden in Boston.

 

[oleada]

Oh, Montreal would be great! I'd love to go if possible.