Will there be a US Nationals in 2025?

[A.H.Black]

I hesitate to post this as I am not prolific these days and often behind in current news and discussions but....

Isn't it time someone had a burr put in their bonnet and we got an announcement of a place and dates? I write this in the hope that we have some sort of announcement by the time Worlds is completed next week. I'm sure someone or someones are working hard at making this happen but --- Sheesh!!!!!!!

Mods, please take this down if I'm out of line.

 

[Sylvia]

Yes but the location has yet to be announced (apparently contracts are still being finalized?) - some rumors were posted in the 2024 U.S. Nationals thread: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...ing-championships.109982/page-16#post-6546185

 

[A.H.Black]

Yes but the location has yet to be announced (apparently contracts are still being finalized?) - some rumors were posted in the 2024 U.S. Nationals thread: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...ing-championships.109982/page-16#post-6546185

Thanks. Saw those, but still no official announcement. Either there is a problem or someone has dropped the ball.

 

[Vagabond]

According to , Tallinn and Kaunas have submitted bids.

 

[HeatherC]

If they wanna come back to Columbus, I wouldn't mind that one bit! -a grateful Ohio girl who would love the short drive again

 

[toddlj]

I don't suppose there's any chance of Vegas or LA? I am absolutely not going to Florida under any circumstances. ?

 

[MacMadame]

When will they be held?

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

This thread has me baffled, why would there not be a nationals? Has the sport dried up? I mean US women’s competition alone next year looks to be the best in a long time.

 

[Frau Muller]

If they wanna come back to Columbus, I wouldn't mind that one bit! -a grateful Ohio girl who would love the short drive again

Greensboro or Spokane, I bet.

 

[MacMadame]

This thread has me baffled, why would there not be a nationals? Has the sport dried up? I mean US women’s competition alone next year looks to be the best in a long time.

I had the same reaction to the title but the thread is about where they will be not will they be. But "Why don't we know where next year's nationals are yet?" is a very long title.

Anyway, I am surprised we don't know now in March which seems on the late side. But I get the impression that TPTB know and just haven't announced it because not all the paperwork has been signed.

 

[Sylvia]

This thread has me baffled, why would there not be a nationals?

More clicks for this particular thread title? (though I understand @A.H.Black's frustration)

If they wanna come back to Columbus, I wouldn't mind that one bit!

Agreed!

 

[kwanfan1818]

(It's going to be in Tallinn )

 

[Karen-W]

(It's going to be in Tallinn )

Well, there is an Estonian embassy in Georgia. And we all know we can't get enough of Mariam and Eteri on our TV screens.

 

[Vagabond]

(It's going to be in Tallinn )

I wonder whether you and I have the same or different ones. ?

 

[carriecmu0503]

This thread has me baffled, why would there not be a nationals? Has the sport dried up? I mean US women’s competition alone next year looks to be the best in a long time.

Because there is STILL NO location for the event! This is the latest it has ever gotten with no location announced.

 

[Lanie]

I vote Charlotte or Greensboro. If Charlotte someone can come stay with me, we have a guest room, and we have air mattresses! I can't ever see Charlotte bidding though we have 2 decent FSCs here.

 

[BlueRidge]

We also don't know about Skate America yet, right?

 

[Karen-W]

We also don't know about Skate America yet, right?

Nope. Maybe they're trying to get one of the rumored bid cities to try for SkAm instead.

 

[Frau Muller]

I vote Charlotte or Greensboro. If Charlotte someone can come stay with me, we have a guest room, and we have air mattresses! I can't ever see Charlotte bidding though we have 2 decent FSCs here.

Weren’t Greensboro & Spokane the two big hot sites not too long ago? Let them go for it!

 

[A.H.Black]

This thread has me baffled, why would there not be a nationals? Has the sport dried up? I mean US women’s competition alone next year looks to be the best in a long time.

As someone who has attended Nationals pretty regularly since 1984, and has been to Nationals over 30 times, I have never not known where/when Nationals would be by the end of the previous Nationals (to my recollection). As long as there is no announcement, there is no positive knowledge that the competition will take place.

Do I think it will happen - Of course I do. I simply ask the question.

 

[Sylvia]

My unofficial hearsay from Nationals is that the locations for Skate America and Nationals have been selected - we just don't know when the announcement(s) will be...

 

[Aceon6]

My unofficial hearsay from Nationals is that the locations for Skate America and Nationals have been selected - we just don't know when the announcement(s) will be...

The usual waiting for contracts to be signed and money exchanged.

 

[Jarrett]

The usual waiting for contracts to be signed and money exchanged.

Money exchange from who to who? I can’t imagine any local club wanting to pay anything to host SA or Nationals.

 

[skatingguy]

Money exchange from who to who? I can’t imagine any local club wanting to pay anything to host SA or Nationals.

Well a contract for a facility that is suitable to host the event would need to be signed.

 

[myhoneyhoney]

San Jose, San Jose, San Jose… Hey, I can dream, right? So Cal would be nice too.

 

[MacMadame]

Well a contract for a facility that is suitable to host the event would need to be signed.

And deposits put down

 

[Debbie S]

San Jose, San Jose, San Jose… Hey, I can dream, right? So Cal would be nice too.

Given the low attendance last year, I doubt they'll go back to San Jose unless there are no other options.

 

[myhoneyhoney]

Aww darn, but I’m not surprised. The Bay Area is so expensive, people here a more worried about paying their 5k/month mortgage.

 

[Aceon6]

Money exchange from who to who? I can’t imagine any local club wanting to pay anything to host SA or Nationals.

The facility will want money from USFS to block out the dates. And there’s the not so small matter of cancellation insurance. The lawyers get VERY busy before a date/location can be announced.

 

[Jarrett]

Well a contract for a facility that is suitable to host the event would need to be signed.

Makes sense thanks