Tickets still available for made-for-TV skating, musical show at Covelli Centre

By GUY D’ASTOLFO

dastolfo@vindy.com

YOUNGSTOWN

The Covelli Centre is hoping for a last-minute ticket sales flurry to pack the house for Sunday’s Skate for the Heart event.

The show, which features a dozen world-class ice skaters as well as vocal group Straight No Chaser and singers Ruben Studdard and David Archuleta, will be broadcast nationally by NBC on Jan. 16 at 4 p.m.

It’s an opportunity for Youngstown to gain national exposure, said Eric Ryan, director of the Covelli. About 1,000 tickets remain available for the show.

A similar ice-skating show two years ago at the downtown arena easily sold out. The 2008 event also was taped and shown on national TV.

Ryan points out that Sunday’s show is completely new.

“It’s a one-time-only, made-for-TV event,” he said.

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