Tickets on Sale Friday for Marshalls International Showcase
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| Sasha Cohen Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images Sport |
(2/21/06) - The 2006 Marshalls U.S. Figure Skating International Showcase will take place April 11, 2006, in Greenville, S.C., and tickets go on sale Feb. 24. Scheduled to participate in the event, which will include two exhibition programs by each skater(s), are five-time World and nine-time U.S. champion Michelle Kwan, two-time World silver medalist Sasha Cohen, two-time World champion Irina Slutskaya of Russia, and Olympic silver medalists Tanith Belbin & Ben Agosto.
The event will take place at the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville at 7 p.m. on April 11. Tickets go on sale Friday, Feb. 24, at 10 a.m. EST. Prices are $31, $46, $61, $81 and $121. Youth and senior discounts are available. Tickets can be purchased at the Bi-Lo box office and all Ticketmaster outlets.
Athletes tentatively set to participate in the event:
Ladies
Sasha Cohen (USA)
Michelle Kwan (USA)
Kimmie Meissner (USA)
Irina Slutskaya (RUS)
Men
Stephane Lambiel (SUI)
Evan Lysacek (USA)
Evgeny Plushenko (RUS)
Johnny Weir (USA)
Pairs
Rena Inoue & John Baldwin (USA)
Xue Shen & Hongbo Zhao (CHN)
Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin (RUS)
Ice Dancing
Tanith Belbin & Ben Agosto (USA)
