2010 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships Final Schedule Released Today 

- U.S. Championships to begin four months from today –

SPOKANE, Wash. (Sept. 15, 2009) – The official event schedule for the 2010 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships, which will transform the Spokane Arena into the nation’s liveliest and most exciting sporting venue in exactly four months, was released today. The hopes and dreams of America’s best skaters will hinge on their performance at the event as they vie for a U.S. title and the ultimate prize – selection to the U.S. figure skating team that will compete 18 days later in Vancouver. 

“It’s only fitting that the people who helped make the 2007 U.S. Championships the amazing success that it was, and have purchased their same seats to see the 2010 U.S. Championships, are rewarded with the opportunity to see the senior men’s competition the very first day,” said Toby Steward, president of Star USA and chairman of the 2010 U.S. Championships. “We’d like to thank Larry Kriwanek, our chief referee, for his tireless work in creating a schedule that accommodated the unique needs of the athletes during this Olympic year.”

With the 2010 Olympic Winter Games beginning in Vancouver just 18 days after the completion of the 2010 U.S. Championships, the U.S. Championships event schedule has been adjusted to provide approximately a four-week training period from the end of each senior-level event to the start of the same event in the Olympic schedule. Therefore, all the senior events will take place over two weekends, with senior-level men’s and pairs the first weekend, and senior-level ladies and ice dancing the second weekend. 
 

 2010 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships Schedule

Individual tickets will go on sale on October 17^th at 10:00AM PST.  All event ticket packages as well as weekend ticket packages for the 2010 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships are available now.  Fans purchasing these packages will be able to select the seat of their choice by calling 888.SK8.2010 or by visiting the Spokane Arena box office. Ticket purchases from the event web site, www.spokane2010.com, will be given the best seat available at the time the order is placed.

The U.S. Figure Skating Championships, held annually since 1914, is the nation’s most prestigious figure skating event. The 2010 competition will take place Jan. 14-24 at the Spokane Arena in Spokane and be nationally televised live on NBC and webcast on icenetwork.com. Over the course of nine days, the event will crown 12 national champions in ladies, men’s, pairs and ice dancing on the senior, junior and novice levels. The 2010 U.S. Championships are the final event before the selection of the figure skating team that will compete for the United States 18 days later in Vancouver.

About U.S. Figure Skating  

U.S. Figure Skating is the national governing body for the sport of figure skating in the United States as recognized by the United States Olympic Committee and the International Skating Union. U.S. Figure Skating is comprised of more than 700 member clubs, collegiate clubs, and school-affiliated clubs and more than 900 registered Basic Skills skating schools representing approximately 170,000 members. U.S. Figure Skating is charged with the development of the sport on all levels within the United States  including athletes, officials, sanctioning of events and exhibitions, and establishing the rules and guidelines by which the sport is governed.