Skate America Opens in Lake Placid With Olympic-Season Stakes

The Lake Placid stop shapes Grand Prix Final bids during an Olympic season.

Overview

Competition runs Nov. 14–16 at Herb Brooks Arena as the fifth of six Grand Prix events, returning to the site that hosted the inaugural edition in 1979.
All sessions stream on Peacock, with television coverage on E! and an NBC broadcast on Sunday.
World champion Alysa Liu leads the U.S. women after her comeback season; she would clinch a Grand Prix Final berth with a win and is likely to qualify with a top‑three finish.
Ice dance leaders Madison Chock and Evan Bates pursue a fifth Skate America title, Jason Brown returns in the men’s field, and top pairs include Japan’s Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara and Georgia’s Anastasiia Metelkina/Luka Berulava.
Results here feed Grand Prix Final qualification and pre‑Olympic momentum, but no Olympic team spots are awarded at this event.