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I imagine its very difficult to get skaters from other countries to come to the US to do an x amount of week circuit tour ......
Hey, I think that funny looking kid in the center with the bowl haircut is foreign!
I imagine its very difficult to get skaters from other countries to come to the US to do an x amount of week circuit tour ......
I imagine its very difficult to get skaters from other countries to come to the US to do an x amount of week circuit tour ......
Hey, I think that funny looking kid in the center with the bowl haircut is foreign!
They don't advertise enough. A lot of skating exhibition or charity skates, I only know if them from Golden Skate, usually fan fests.
the crazy ticket prices. My father used to get me tickets to see the tour every year growing up and we thought 50 dollars for the two of us to attend with decent seats was expensive then! SOI ice seats are now well over 150 dollars per seat! :hslap:
The cost and monotony of group programs that don't pull people in is helping kill skating tours in the USA. .
It's the same everywhere. Theater, dance, music, too. Crazy prices will kill art. Mass "culture" (profanation) will survive.
Many kind of cultural events have great cost.
Think of opera as an example: Theater running expenses, scenography, costumes, a stable orchestra, ballet company (with school) and chorus, singers, promotions, etc.
Minor or seasonal venues may not have all of that (but do not support the art so much as the big venues offering stable income to people working there), but if the government do not support it with investements to cut those expenses and to favour the study of such arts, the ticket will cost a fortune and the base of the artist will be of rich kids only.
It's a vicious circle killing culture.
That sadly also apply to non mainstream sports.
Many kind of cultural events have great cost.
Think of opera as an example: Theater running expenses, scenography, costumes, a stable orchestra, ballet company (with school) and chorus, singers, promotions, etc.
Minor or seasonal venues may not have all of that (but do not support the art so much as the big venues offering stable income to people working there), but if the government do not support it with investements to cut those expenses and to favour the study of such arts, the ticket will cost a fortune and the base of the artist will be of rich kids only.
It's a vicious circle killing culture.
That sadly also apply to non mainstream sports.
SOI is little more than a competition gala in its current format.
Look at what Cirque du Soleil is doing with their ice shows.
https://youtu.be/a1OkY4Hk_H0
How can anyone take SOI seriously after seeing that?
Bolzano Passion Gala
Event date is Jan 4th
Look at the arena map: https://ibb.co/0XPzDTv
Painted seats are still available.
Cast includes Kostornaia, Fernandez, Stefanova/Bukin, Tuktamisheva, Cappellini/Lanotte, James/Cipres, and Della Monica/GUarise, Grassl and some others.
It's depressing to see it so empty.
Maybe they should try and move the event to Milano, I don't know onestly.
I can ask around in the office but you may bet nobody will know about it and nobody would care to go even knowing.
I'm very excited I will be there especially to see Alena and Alexandra (I have a big crush for her ) but this champions deserve a much bigger audience.
Cappellni/Lanotte are an institution in Italy, like Carolina.
I hope kids to have a free ticket and there is some special deal for skating schools/clubs to bring their yougling and fill some empty seat with enthusiasts, but i have my doubts
I saw Crystal and enjoyed it, but I'd still rather see skaters perform their programs.
I saw Crystal and enjoyed it, but I'd still rather see skaters perform their programs.
Again I don't mean any disrespect, but I have NEVER seen a mediocre SOI. I have NEVER seen old and tired choreography and I think that's a cop out. Not everybody who goes to these shows is an ex-skater that is that picky! And living in the SF Bay Area we used to see advertisements on television leading up to the show. Also if you went the year before and bought tickets from SAP center you received an email about the upcoming show. I don't think it's about the show so much as it is about the waning interest and lack of exposure of figure skating in the US and, like I said before, the fact that the average, casual fan does not know any of the skaters anymore. And it goes back to television and the poor broadcasting in the US. From what I understand from Canadian friends, they see much more of their Nationals than we do, much more of Worlds than we do, and you don't have to wait up until midnight to see figure skating drawn out over a 5-6 hour period between innumerable ski races, cross-country skiing and biathlon in the Olympics. It's really a shame.
It definitely has something to do with the bad promo. There was a show near where I live earlier in the year. I didn’t hear it until I went on GS a few months after. I live in a town where a lot of parents send their young kids to ice skate rink. None of us in the community knew about this show.
I'm not too worried. We are just removed from an Olympic year. The Stars on Ice show post olympics is significantly more popular and they make twice as many stops. This next year will be pretty barren, but it will improve, then go low again, etc etc.