Monday, June 3, 2013

Saint Johners Will Get To See The Best In Figure Skating

Saint John will welcome the best figure skaters in the world with the 2013 Skate Canada International event from Oct 25 to the 27th. 

Competitors include Patrick Chan, Yuna Kim, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir.   60 Olympic and world competitors from 15 countries will be converging on the city. Tickets go on sale on June 14th. 


The event, which is expected to inject about 4 million dollars into the local economy, has 16 and a half hours of tv coverage. In Japan, 10 million viewers will watch 4 hrs of 
coverage. 

The competition will be the last major event before the next Olympics and many of the skaters will use the same routines.

Skate Canada International was last here in 1999.

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