ISU World Figure Skating Championships®

2013 Ticket Information

OTTAWA, ON: All-event tickets packages for the 2013 ISU World Figure Skating Championships will go on sale February 10, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. (ET).  The event will take place in London, Ontario from March 10-17, 2013 at the John Labatt Centre

Ticket packages will cost $1,200 and $1,000 plus HST and applicable surcharges and can be purchased online at www.johnlabattcentre.com, by phone at 1.866.455.2849 or in person at the John Labatt Centre box office.

A payment plan has been designed for spectators and will consist of three payments charged to the credit card used for the purchase on the following dates:

·         Payment #1: 50% of final cost due at time of purchase.

·         Payment #2: 25% of final cost due June 1, 2012.

·         Payment #3: Remaining balance due September 3, 2012.

This plan is optional and spectators may pay their balance in full at the time of purchase.

Skate Canada will also be offering pre-paid parking passes for the various parking lots in downtown London. More information including prices and how to purchase will be available closer to the on-sale date.

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Skate Canada, the national governing body responsible for the development and administration of skating in Canada, is the largest figure skating association in the world. With over 4,800 registered coaches, skating programs for athletes of all ages are offered at nearly 1,300 skating clubs and schools across the country. Skate Canada is an association dedicated to providing every Canadian the opportunity to learn life skills while experiencing the power, strength and creativity of one of Canada's premier sports.

In 2011, Skate Canada produced two world champions, Patrick Chan in senior men’s and Andrei Rogozine in junior men’s. 2010 Olympic Champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won the world ice dance silver medal.

“Skate Canada…teaching Canadians to skate since 1887”

(London, Ontario) Tourism London announced today that they in partnership with the John Labatt Centre will host the first

ever 2011 Synchro in the City - London Synchrofest International presented by Freedom 55 FinancialTM. This International

Senior Invitational Competition will be held December 27th - 29th, 2011 at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario.

“This is a ground breaking, shoulder season event that we hope will stimulate the local economy and profile more fully the

athletic skill and artistry of Synchronized Skating,” said John Winston, General Manager of Tourism London. “This is an

exciting, creative initiative and we are pleased to offer this family event to our community over the holiday season.”

The 2011 Synchro in the City - London Synchrofest International presented by Freedom 55 FinancialTM will see the

world’s top Synchronized skating teams compete for fifty thousand dollars in prize money. Tickets go on sale to the

public on Friday, October 21st at 12 noon.

Tickets on sale Friday, October 21 at 12 noon

Tickets available at the John Labatt Centre Box Office, Masonville Place Ticket Outlet,

Fanshawe College BizBooth, the Bookstore at Western, and Books Plus

Charge by phone at (866) 455-2849

Order online at www.johnlabattcentre.com

Tickets $45.00 (all event pass), $25.00 (single event pass) (incl. HST)

(plus FMF and service charges)

“Freedom 55 Financial is pleased to support this top-calibre international sports event here in London,” said Nick

Pszeniczny, Executive Vice-President, Individual Distribution and Marketing, for London Life. London Life offers financial

security advice and planning through its more that 3,300-member Freedom 55 Financial division.

"We are thrilled to be partnering with London Tourism and Freedom 55 Financial to host the 2011 Synchro in the City -

London Synchrofest International this December. This event is attracting world ranked teams from Europe, Asia and

North America, all coming to London to compete for top prize money," said William Thompson, Skate Canada CEO.

"London hosted the international synchronized skating community in 2007 and put on a world class event. I have no

doubt that this event will be the same."

“The John Labatt Centre is happy to add 2011 Synchro in the City - Synchrofest International to the list of prestigious

skating programs we’ve hosted. We hope to not only welcome skaters and fans from around the world but to have an

event for London to enjoy over the holidays,” says Brian Ohl, Global Spectrum Facility Management's Regional Vice

President and General Manager of the John Labatt Centre. “This is another great opportunity for us to work with our

community partners to showcase the city.

The 2011 Synchro in the City - London Synchrofest International presented by Freedom 55 Financial will see the world’s

top Synchronized skating teams compete for fifty thousand dollars in prize money. This is the first time this amount of

prize money has been offered to teams in competition. Countries currently committed to send world-class teams are

Canada, United States of America, Japan, Russia and Finland.

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Global Spectrum (global-spectrum.com) manages the John Labatt Centre, as well as more than 100 other public assembly facilities around the world.

Nearly 20-million people attended more than 11,000 events in Global Spectrum venues last year. Based in Philadelphia, PA, Global Spectrum is part

of Comcast-Spectacor, one of the world’s largest sports and entertainment companies. Comcast-Spectacor also owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the

National Hockey League, the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association, Ovations Food Services, a food and beverage services

provider, New Era Tickets, a full-service ticketing and marketing product for public assembly facilities, Paciolan, the leading provider of venue

establishment ticketing, fundraising and marketing technology solutions, Front Row Marketing Services, a commercial rights sales company, and

Flyers Skate Zone, a series of community ice skating rinks. In a partnership with Disson Skating, Comcast-Spectacor annually produces eight

nationally televised figure skating spectaculars on NBC-TV.

London On: On September 16-18, 2011 Tourism London and the Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario will welcome the second annual Peter Puck International Minor Atom Tournament hosted at the Western Fair Sports Centre (WFSC). The tournament features AAA and for the first time AA players at the Minor Atom (Squirt) age, born in 2002.

The tournament will play host to 15-18 teams from across Ontario as well as the “Just Try It!” Program - a program designed to help youngsters currently not registered in a hockey program to "get on the ice" by supplying basic equipment and instruction in a supervised, controlled environment. The Tournament proceeds will be used to help fund the Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario "Just Try it" initiative.

For more information on the tournament or to register a team go to www.peterpucklondon.com.