2026 U.S. Nationals - St. Louis!

[livetoskate]

I arrived in St Louis around 5:30pm on Tuesday and rode the Metrolink to 8th and Pine. It was fine, although it stunk a bit from weed. Sit in the front car where the conductor is. I paid $4. To get the discounted fare you have to apply in advance with ID.

Sounds good! Thank you!

 

[Debbie S]

Arrived this morning and my Uber driver drove into IL and then back into MO. He showed me what his GPS was telling him, and then we ended up at a dead end in the middle of nowhere but there was a highway ramp next to the road that he got on. He dropped me off at the side of the hotel that has multiple steps going up (there is apparently another entrance w/o steps around the other side). I don't mind steps but lugging a suitcase up them is a bit much.

Then the hotel had my rate at almost $100 more than it was supposed to be and claimed i agreed to pay for early check-in, which i hadn't, but we resolved that. Um hmm.

The woman at check-in also gave me bad directions on how to walk through Union Station to the arena, so I ended up taking a detour around downtown, but I got to men's practice in time to see Ilia's run-through. And just saw Jason's Riverdance so all is right with the world now (except for his 3A ).

ETA: The Chiefs fans are here, sitting down near the front wearing their Chiefs gear. Did they not get the memo that their team finished the season at 6-11 and is nowhere near the playoffs?

 

[Jammers]

Arrived this morning and my Uber driver drove into IL and then back into MO. He showed me what his GPS was telling him, and then we ended up at a dead end in the middle of nowhere but there was a highway ramp next to the road that he got on. He dropped me off at the side of the hotel that has multiple steps going up (there is apparently another entrance w/o steps around the other side). I don't mind steps but lugging a suitcase up them is a bit much.

Then the hotel had my rate at almost $100 more than it was supposed to be and claimed i agreed to pay for early check-in, which i hadn't, but we resolved that. Um hmm.

The woman at check-in also gave me bad directions on how to walk through Union Station to the arena, so I ended up taking a detour around downtown, but I got to men's practice in time to see Ilia's run-through. And just saw Jason's Riverdance so all is right with the world now (except for his 3A ).

ETA: The Chiefs fans are here, sitting down near the front wearing their Chiefs gear. Did they not get the memo that their team finished the season at 6-11 and is nowhere near the playoffs?

So you stop being a fan when your team has a bad season?

 

[Debbie S]

So you stop being a fan when your team has a bad season?

Clearly you missed the snarky humor of my comment.

It does seem a bit odd that fans would deck themselves out in team gear at a different sporting event. It made sense at recent Nats when the Chiefs were in the playoffs that same weekend. This year, maybe not so much. IYKYK.

 

[Spikefan]

I’m at Katie’s Pizza and Pasta and Chock is here with her parents. Good lunch special of two courses for $20, M-F.

 

[Lanie]

My flight was delayed and we had to deplane because the flight recorder wasn’t working. Ugh!

We’re on another plane so I will miss the first part of pairs but hope I can get my ass to the arena fast enough. I checked my bag, which I didn’t wanna do. I’d wanted to bring my skates but I had zero room since I’m bringing all this to Sheffield too.

 

[Carolla5501]

Yes, but some of this is scalpers getting hold of more resale tickets and charging astronomical prices. $1000+ for balcony!

https://www.ticketmaster.com/us-figure-skating-championships-session-6-saint-louis-missouri-01-09-2026/event/0600636BAD0DBE4B

If the scalpers are doing that for the 300 level tickets, they’re crazy because you can go on Ticketmaster resale right now and buy 300 level tickets for half of what the official website is charging

It’ll serve them right to lose a lot of money

 

[peibeck]

Parked today at the adjacent Union Station lot and the lady told me it would be $8.75 to park. I thought "What a bargain." After the event, I look at my parking ticket and they charged me $45 (!!!). Needless to say, I will NOT be parking there again. (The covered parking garage next to the stadium was charging $30).

 

[AnnM]

Overheard from the bar, while I was all the way in an adjacent stairwell on the floor below -- some man proclaiming to someone that he gave only three 6.0s in his life.

 

[ice coverage]

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[acraven]

USFS has sent a message to (All-Event?) ticket purchasers, correcting the door-opening time for Session 5 on Friday. Doors will open at 1 PM. The event begins at 2 PM (no change).

 

[Iceblink]

Anyone know if the "arena clear" between warmup and the rhythm dance today means they're kicking everyone out completely, or can we remain on the concourse? Trying to decide if I want to catch the remaining warmups but don't want to have to hunt out shelter from the rain before they open doors for dance if we have to vacate the building.

 

[acraven]

Sorry too late to help you, but we were able to stay on the concourse yesterday

 

[mattiecat13]

I asked today and the ticket guy said they were just going to clear seats but we can stay on the concourse.

 

[AnnM]

So the regular hotel bar at the 21c hotel closes at 11pm. But there's a small bar set up in a lounge off to the side that is open until 1am "if you're here for the skating" according to the hotel staff. But apparently that really means only if you're credentialed per the USFS staff at the lounge entrance. Likewise, the USFS info desk in the hotel said spectators could ride the officials' shuttle "if there's room," but neither the shuttle driver nor other USFS staff has permitted it yet so far IME even when there were only 1-3 people on a 25ish person shuttle.

I don't really care one way or the other about any of this, but at least try to have some sort of consistency between what people are being told!

 

[Lanie]

I wonder why info desk would say that when there's stuff on the badges that's like NO SHUTTLE. Used to be able to use the buses/shuttles, not this time.