AARS artistic skating championship opens in Union, Missouri today
Piccadilly Palace opened a 10-day artistic championship in Union today, setting up a long run of inline skating competition through July 3.
The AARS Artistic American Championship opened today at Piccadilly Palace in Union, Missouri, with the first listed competition window running from 9 to 10 a.m. MDT and the meet scheduled through July 3. American Roller Sports names Shane Locklear as the contact for the artistic championship, and its meet packet frames the event as a full championship rather than a one-off local session.
The schedule makes clear this is built for a long championship arc. A 10-day run gives skaters time for multiple rounds, age groups and judging blocks, and it puts the pressure on the athletes who can hold form across a full week of inline artistic skating. In a discipline where precision and repetition matter as much as speed, the long format favors the skaters who can deliver clean programs again and again when the marks start to stack up.
Union matters because Piccadilly Palace is not being used for just one event. American Roller Sports’ calendar also places the Speed American Championship at the same venue in mid-June, then follows with artistic competition, turning the Missouri site into a back-to-back championship hub. That kind of scheduling gives the building a central role in the sport’s summer calendar and puts Union in the middle of the American Roller Sports championship slate.
The broader U.S. calendar shows how quickly the season rolls forward from there. USA Roller Sports has its 2026 artistic and speed national championships set for Lincoln, Nebraska, with Elite Jr. and Senior World Skate figures from July 17-20, World Skate youth events from July 18-22, Youth A from July 22-26, Youth B, precision and show groups from July 23-27, C Championship from July 27-29, and adult events from July 29 through August 2. Lincoln listings place that national event at Speedway Sports Complex, also listed as Speedway Village Sports Complex, at 345 Speedway Circle.
Spectator access there starts at $15 for a daily entry, rises to $70 for a seven-day pass and reaches $125 for a full art and figure event pass. That pricing, paired with the layered division schedule, underscores how organized the American artistic skating pipeline remains this season, with Union serving as the opening stage and Lincoln waiting next.
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