{"id":50491,"date":"2023-01-23T09:01:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T16:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/?p=50491"},"modified":"2023-01-25T13:16:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T20:16:56","slug":"bob-dunlop-two-decades-of-organizing-events-for-u-s-figure-skating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/bob-dunlop-two-decades-of-organizing-events-for-u-s-figure-skating\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Dunlop: Two Decades of Organizing Events for U.S. Figure Skating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bob Dunlop: Two Decades of Organizing Events for U.S. Figure Skating\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/sportstravel-podcast\/bob-dunlop-two-decades-of-organizing-events-for-u\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"article_sidebar\">\n<p><b>More Podcasts<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/sports-podcast-news-insight-analysis\/\">SportsTravel Podcast: Insights and Expert Analysis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/rob-stull-growing-modern-pentathlons-global-reach\/\">Rob Stull: Growing Modern Pentathlon&#8217;s Global Reach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/john-kemp-adaptive-sports-inclusive-cities-and-paralympic-progress\/\">John Kemp: Adaptive Sports, Inclusive Cities and Paralympic Progress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/johnny-grave-on-major-league-crickets-u-s-ambitions-in-growing-the-sport\/\">Johnny Grave on Major League Cricket&#8217;s U.S. Ambitions in Growing the Sport<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/bob-kendrick-bringing-baseball-history-to-life\/\">Bob Kendrick: Bringing Baseball History to Life<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The United States Figure Skating National championships was first held in 1914 in New Haven, Connecticut, and has been the spot for fans of the sport to see the best in the history of the sport, including\u00a0<strong>Dick<\/strong> <strong>Button,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Scott<\/strong> <strong>Hamilton,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Brian<\/strong> <strong>Boitano<\/strong> and <strong>Nathan<\/strong> <strong>Chen<\/strong> on the men\u2019s side, to women\u2019s sports icons such as <strong>Peggy<\/strong> <strong>Fleming<\/strong>, <strong>Dorothy<\/strong> <strong>Hammill<\/strong>, <strong>Kristi<\/strong> <strong>Yamaguchi<\/strong> and <strong>Michelle<\/strong> <strong>Kwan<\/strong>. This year\u2019s event is in San Jose, California, at the SAP Center. <em>SportsTravel<\/em> Managing Editor <strong>Matt<\/strong> <strong>Traub<\/strong> talked with <strong>Bob<\/strong> <strong>Dunlop<\/strong>, the senior director of events for U.S. Figure Skating about what goes into organizing the national championships, how the event is more than just the elite competition seen on television, working with destinations and venues over the years including during the pandemic, best practices in the business and the one event that he still wants to check off his sports bucket list. 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