The American
Championships

Performance Orders:

• Block Schedule – Coming Soon!
• The Final performance order – Coming Soon!
• The Awards schedule – Coming Soon!

Parking & Entrance:

• Venue parking is closed and under construction. Free parking available on streets and 3,500 free spots are available at the Casino one block down the street. There are also several garages in walking distance to facility (1-91 South Garage, 1-91 North Garage, Columbus Center Garage, and free parking at MGM Springfield) Click here for parking map.
• Doors to the venue will open at 3 PM on Friday and 7 AM on Saturday and Sunday. Doors are located at the Box Office. The Arena entrance is located on Bruce Landon Way. The box office is accessible through these main entrance doors. Once entering the building all guests will be screened through magnetometers once they arrive to the top of the stairs. Once guests pass through screening, they will have tickets scanned upon entry.
• Venue Information:Please note this facility has restrictions on the following:
• No outside food or drink is allowed though concessions may be purchased inside the venue.
• NO BAG POLICY – security has the right to check bags.

Concessions & Vendors:

• Concessions will be available throughout the venue.
• Event Merchandise will be available from ASO will be for sale in the main lobby.
• RT Productions will be providing action shots of your team throughout the weekend. To view these photos, please visithttps://www.rtevent.com/

Division Splits:

• Division splits will be offered per the USASF split guidelines.

Registration & Check-In:

• Program check-in is located in the Main Lobby and will open starting at 3pm on Friday and 7:30AM on Saturday and Sunday.
• You must register a minimum of 30 minutes PRIOR to your assigned warm-up time.
• Please bring the following items to registration:
  • USASF Rosters/ ID (All Star)
  • USASF Compliance Cover Sheet (All Star) or USA Cheer Proof of Membership (Rec)
  • Rec Verification Form (Rec)
  • Waiver Forms PER ATHLETE & PER COACH (School & Rec)
  • Proof of music license (All performances)
• At this time, you will sign all necessary Bid Intentions.

Warm-Up:

• Please check in to warm up no less than 10 mins prior to your warm-up time
• Everyone entering the warm-up room, and not in uniform, must be wearing their USASF/USA Cheer approved wristband.
• Each team will receive the following warm up times:
  • 6 Mins on a 12’X42’ Foam floor
  • 6 Mins on a 12’X60’ Spring floor
  • 6 Mins on a 42’X54’ Foam floor

Scoring:

• Scoresheets will be sent to the email attached to the team or registration contact approximately 15-20 minutes after performance. Paper copies will be available upon request at the scoresheet table.*The coaches attached to your teams will receive their team’s scoresheets at the event ONLY if their email AND mobile phone number is added and correct on the portal account.
• AccuScore is located behind the Judges riser. Any requests for review must be submitted within 10 minutes after the scoresheets have been emailed. Your AccuScore review END time will be listed on the scoresheet.
• Results will be available for coaches in the Event BAND, following awards.

Awards:

• Awards will take place in the performance floor. Please check the final schedule for exact division/session times.
• All athletes will receive a Participant Medal and a black bag tag.
• All 1^st– 3^rdplace teams will receive a Placement Banner and Placement Medals.
• A Judges Choice Award and Sportsmanship Award will be awarded each session.
• All teams that HIT ZERO will receive Hit Zero buttons
• Champion teams will receive gold track jackets.

Event Contacts: Our team is here for your team. The following staff members can assist your program with this event:

• Registration Specialist:  Taylor Boardley – tboardley@varsity.com
• Event Coordinator: Gabby Grimaldi – ggrimaldi@varsity.com
• Customer Experience Manager: Lura Fleece – lfleece@varsity.com
• Scoring Experience Specialist: Scott Bouchard – sbouchard@varsity.com

General Information