{"id":177505,"date":"2026-02-24T04:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T04:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/177505\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T04:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T04:53:08","slug":"plano-native-olympic-gold-medalist-amber-glenn-leads-stars-on-ice-tour-coming-to-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/177505\/","title":{"rendered":"Plano native, Olympic gold medalist Amber Glenn leads \u2018Stars on Ice\u2019 tour coming to Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fresh off helping the American figure skating team to gold<\/a> at the Winter Olympics, North Texas local Amber Glenn is returning home.<\/p>\n

The Plano native Glenn<\/a> along with fellow gold medalist Alysa Liu and the \u201cQuad God,\u201d Ilia Malinin, are among the lineup of skaters coming to Allen for the \u201cStars on Ice\u201d tour.<\/p>\n

The event will take place on May 29 at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, and tickets are already going fast. Only a few dozen tickets remained as of Monday for the 6,275-capacity arena. Tickets can be purchased at ticketmaster.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Allen is just one of the stops along the country-wide tour that spans from Boston and Orlando to Seattle and Anaheim. The “world\u2019s premier figure skating tour” was started in 1986 and has showcased legendary skaters such as Kristi Yamaguchi, Tara Lipinski and Dorothy Hamill in the past.<\/p>\n

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While competing for the U.S. in the Winter Games in Italy, Glenn won gold in the team event. She took fifth in the individual<\/a>, where Liu won gold.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old Glenn was born in Plano and graduated from Plano Senior High. She spent much of her early life training in McKinney, Frisco and Euless.<\/p>\n

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