2022 Skate America

[BlueRidge]

I defs met BR outside of the arena in Reading waiting for the doors to open. I am almost sure I remember this.

You definitely did! I remember that too.

 

[PRlady]

I also reminded taking MKDanaher, who doesn’t post here anymore, for a makeover shopping trip in Atlantic City at the outlets. She got married a few years later. I take no credit, of course.

 

[Frau Muller]

I look forward to seeing Skate America and the other Grand Prix events on Peacock! Hopefully they’ll livestream all events, even if they don’t keep them up very long for rewatching…so I’ll once again be recording the live versions.

 

[Lizziebeth]

Man, I wish I could go to this, but I can't go anywhere much anymore. Have fun everyone!

 

[Gusmom]

Busy weekend but I got my ticket. 119H1 on the aisle & fewer stairs which is good for my asthma. Excited to see my first SA (I saw Nationals & Worlds in Boston & have had tickets to others foiled by covid).

I live in MA but going to try to get a hotel Th/Fri at least. If the gala is Saturday I can probably drive home afterwards. I'll be exhausted but everything is a tradeoff & it's less than 2 hours home.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Busy weekend but I got my ticket. 119H1 on the aisle & fewer stairs which is good for my asthma. Excited to see my first SA (I saw Nationals & Worlds in Boston & have had tickets to others foiled by covid).

I live in MA but going to try to get a hotel Th/Fri at least. If the gala is Saturday I can probably drive home afterwards. I'll be exhausted but everything is a tradeoff & it's less than 2 hours home.

The gala is Sunday night.

 

[Gusmom]

The gala is Sunday night.

That's what I thought until I misread my calendar LOL. So hopefully I can find a decent hotel room closer than 30 min driving w traffic for Th/F/St then (that area is tricky because the map looks close by when you factor in traffic patterns, some are much closer than others)

 

[Rob]

Will we meet again in Norwood?

I think I haven't seen you since Greensboro 2011!

Would you believe it, I have jury duty for the whole month of October! Already deferred once because they called me the month after I had a hip replacement. So I have to do it in October.

 

[BlueRidge]

Would you believe it, I have jury duty for the whole month of October! Already deferred once because they called me the month after I had a hip replacement. So I have to do it in October.

Is that grand jury? wow. Well phooey, I was hoping to see you. Sorry you won't be able to come!

 

[Rob]

Is that grand jury? wow. Well phooey, I was hoping to see you. Sorry you won't be able to come!

No, county - we have the whole month down here in Worcester Cty,MD.

 

[BlueRidge]

No, county - we have the whole month down here in Worcester Cty,MD.

wow I never heard of that. I have jury duty in DC this month, one day one trial.

 

[Rob]

wow I never heard of that. I have jury duty in DC this month, one day one trial.

Only 52k residents in this county. I get called every 2-3 years for a month. Have to call in the night before to find out if you need to go in, hard to plan anything.

 

[Coco]

How on earth is that feasible for anyone? Ugh

 

[TanithandBenFan]

I got an email from USFS that less than 500 tickets remain, so if you're on the fence you'd better hop to it!

 

[sk9tingfan]

I got an email from USFS that less than 500 tickets remain, so if you're on the fence you'd better hop to it!

More than 80% of the arena is sold out!

 

[PRlady]

More than 80% of the arena is sold out!

Honestly, if this isn’t an argument for putting it near a major city, I don’t know what is. I’ll bet I have a huge choice of seats for the CS in Lake Placid.

 

[YukiNieve]

Where is the official hotel?

 

[Aceon6]

Where is the official hotel?

The hotels nearby are small with very limited opportunity for lobby stalking. Most don’t even have bars.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Where is the official hotel?

I think someone said the Hilton was the official hotel for the International Classic last year.

 

[Matryeshka]

@BlueRidge definitely gets around--I too have met her at SA. STALKER.

Is it wrong that the fact that tickets are almost sold out makes me want to buy them just in case I can go

 

[BlueRidge]

@BlueRidge definitely gets around--I too have met her at SA. STALKER.

Is it wrong that the fact that tickets are almost sold out makes me want to buy them just in case I can go

You HAVE to go. How can I stalk you if you don't?

I haven't been to Skate America since 2009. This year is a BIG deal!

 

[PRlady]

You HAVE to go. How can I stalk you if you don't?

I haven't been to Skate America since 2009. This year is a BIG deal!

Yup, she dragged depressed ole me to Lake Placid that year, and is still teasing me for being the only able-bodied audience member not to give Rachael a standing O. I haven’t been since then either.

 

[kirkbiggestfan]

So they sold about 1.500 out of 2,000 available seats? (Not counting media/club seats)

 

[sk9tingfan]

Where is the officia

So they sold about 1.500 out of 2,000 available seats? (Not counting media/club seats)

I think that the base seating totals 2300 seats

 

[sk9tingfan]

BTW, given that Nathan is on hiatus from competition, would it be Ilia Malinin who gets the first nod for the men's competition?

 

[Karen-W]

BTW, given that Nathan is on hiatus from competition, would it be Ilia Malinin who gets the first nod for the men's competition?

Welllll... hard to say. Technically, Vincent gets first dibs, I think, since he was 3rd at Worlds (assuming he doesn't take the fall off), and Camden should get assigned to his 2 GPs as a seeded skater ahead of Ilia, but Ilia is the highest ranked man from Nats.

Having said all that, I think it is likely that we will see either Ilia & Vincent or Ilia & Camden both assigned to SA. There's no way the USFS isn't going to get behind Ilia for the next quad cycle.

 

[Sylvia]

Having said all that, I think it is likely that we will see either Ilia & Vincent or Ilia & Camden both assigned to SA.

I posted this Vincent Zhou article & excerpt in his fan thread as well as in the U.S. Men's news thread: https://figureskatersonline.com/new...s-on-ice-experience-after-up-and-down-season/

Though Zhou plans to focus solely on his academics in the fall, he states he hasn’t retired from competitive skating and hasn’t ruled out another competitive season. The new Skating Club of Boston facility, which opened in 2020 in the Norwood, Massachusetts, is only about a hour away from the Brown University campus.
“We’ll see,” he said of his future plans in the skating.

ETA: Camden will be starting at Columbia University in NYC this fall but he has said he plans to continue competing.

 

[PRlady]

So Mariah gets SA as US champ assuming she’s still competing? And I’d guess Isabeau as jr world champ and up and comer. Plus player to be named later.

 

[Spikefan]

The Bears are at Patriots for a Monday night game (10/24) SkAm weekend. That should help keep hotel costs from skyrocketing and no football traffic on Sunday.

 

[Matryeshka]

I took the plunge and bought a ticket--if I need to sell it, I will. Section 118, Row G.

And y'all, if you're thinking about going, get your ticket now. I was willing to pay more for a better seat, but there was none to be had. Also, a lot of the seats they say are available are handicap/companion, so no actual seats open in that section.