I remember when before Worlds in 2003(Washington, DC), my friend who had never been to a skating competition and had been across the street from the World Trade Center (9/11), wanted to bring a gas mask with her into the arena! I told it was unlikely that a terrorist would target s figure skating competition: more likely the Super Bowl...
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That's how it was done the last time US Nats were in St. Louis, except the Novice events and some Junior events were at the alternate arena. Back then, some of the events overlapped, the coaches were having to run between arenas.
You've forced me to dig through the skating archives in my spare room! All of the novice practices and comps were at the Family Arena in St. Charles. Some of both Junior and Senior practices were at the Family Arena. All of the Junior and Senior Competitions were at the Savvis Center (now Enterprise Center) in St. Louis.
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Thank you for going to the archives, I was beginning to think that maybe my 67 year old brain was playing tricks!
This is what I was thinking of. I was there, did not rent a car, and used the shuttle to go to the secondary arena. I think to watch Samelson & Bates win Junior Dance. (Sigh)
Thank you!!! I thought it would be on the figure skating page.Go to:
You will see several headings including:
- LIVE
- HIGHLIGHTS
- REPLAY
You should find what you are looking for there
And I have to correct the Junior OD was at the Family Arena in St Charles but the Junior FD was at the Savvis Center in St. Louis. I admit I am confused but will look at it later and maybe figure it out, lol.
I'm pretty sure that Junior Ladies SP (featuring Zhang, Flatt, and Wagner
) was at the Family Arena, b/c i attended. I also remember attending a Senior Ladies practice there.I agree that the general inconsistency here in policy was somewhat frustrating to experience, especially given how smooth, consistent and coordinated it was in 2016. The clear bag policy they had back then I think helped in that regard.
Thanks for confirming that regarding 2016 - I was scratching my head as I was there and I was sure that was NOT the case as I have never owned a "clear bag"!
Hmm…I might be misremembering but I do recall they sold clear bags back then that met the size restrictions. I know the NFL and other major sports adopted a clear bag policy around that time or perhaps a little later. It’s possible I may have mixed them up…but in any case, I found the screening process to be much smoother and more coordinated back then.
Not quite as bad today but same setup. They had some kids hip-hop dance groups perform up at the top and keeping everyone down here. They then moved everyone in line into the arena and then had us listen to Monique Coleman talk about her skating and bring random fans up to the platform to dance to High School Musical music.
I was at 2022 Nats and it was the first time in my life that I had to buy a clear bag.
I learned from my experience yesterday and went in the side entrance. Not sure it would have been feasible to line up there yesterday since people were still leaving the arena from the free dance. The timing was just horrible.
I did the side entrance yesterday, you had to take the stairs and there were still people coming down. They were like fish swimming upstream.
Back in 2016, at least after the first event, they allowed those with mobility challenges to go to a "secure area" outside the actual arena but inside security while they cleaned the arena between events. It meant that it wasn't necessary to line up again to go through security.
they made us leave every time this time, but I was allowed to go to the escalator or elevator when they tried to force everyone down the stairs on events with tight turnarounds
He came later dragging Panda costume. It seems that taking off Panda costume after exhibition rehearsal took too much time
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