Sports Entertainment Attraction Fund Attracts U.S. Figure Skating Championships
On Monday, the St. Louis Sports Commission announced the 2026 U.S. Figure Skating Championships will be held in St. Louis.
The 2026 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships is slated for Jan. 5-11 at the Enterprise Center.
The U.S. Championships will serve as the final qualifying event prior to the selection of the U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Team that will represent Team USA at the Olympic Winter Games Milano-Cortina 2026.
"When the St. Louis Development Corporation approved the Sports Entertainment Attraction Fund back in June, we expected to attract events like the 2026 U.S. Figure Skating Championship," SLDC President and CEO Neal Richardson said. "Attracting the U.S. Figure Skating Championship just weeks before the Winter Olympics in Europe will put St. Louis — not only a national stage — but an international stage as well."
The Sports Entertainment Attraction Fund provides up to $500,000 to cover any funding shortfalls for sporting events — like the 2026 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
The annual event, held since 1914, is the most prestigious national figure skating event with champions crowned in women’s, men’s, pairs and ice dance at the championship and junior levels, as well as novice pairs and ice dance.
This marks the second time the U.S. Championships will be held in St. Louis with the last occurrence in 2006 when figure skating legends Sasha Cohen, Johnny Weir, Rena Inoue and John Baldwin, and Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto all clinched U.S. titles.
All-session tickets will go on sale in early January. The event will be broadcasted by NBC with all championship events streamed live on Peacock.