Question: Why was a figure skating competition, meeting in a sports center that could accommodate 7,000 seats, delayed?

Context articles: Figure skating at the 1994 Goodwill Games
2007 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
U.S. Collegiate Figure Skating Championships
Yubileyny Sports Palace
1996 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
2006 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
U.S. Figure Skating
U.S. Figure Skating Championships
2000 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Iceberg Skating Palace

Figure skating at the 1994 Goodwill Games took place in Saint Petersburg, Russia at the Yubileyny Sports Palace.
 Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
 The event, held in August 1994, was delayed by a day after a heat wave, a power outage and lack of air conditioning resulted in the ice not being ready.
The 2007 Canadian Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition held by Skate Canada, the nation's figure skating governing body.
 Skaters compete at the senior and junior levels in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
 The top finishers are named to Canada's world team, which competes at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships, the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, and the World Figure Skating Championships.
 The competition took place from January 15 to 21 at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The U.S. Collegiate Figure Skating Championships (previously National Collegiate Championships) are a collegiate figure skating competition sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating.
 It is the highest level at which figure skating takes place at the college level in the United States.
 The event has been held since 1986.
 The event takes place in August of the calendar year and generally at the beginning of the figure skating season.
Yubileyny Sports Palace (Russian: Спортивный комплекс "Юбилейный ), "Sportivniy kompleks Yubileyniy"; also translated as Yubileiny (Jubilee) Palace of Sports, is an indoor sports arena and concert complex that is located in St. Petersburg, Russia.
 It houses more than 7,000 seats for ice hockey and basketball.
The 1996 Canadian Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition held by Skate Canada, the nation's figure skating governing body.
 Skaters compete at the senior, junior, and novice levels in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
 There was also a senior fours competition.
 The top finishers are named to Canada's world team, which competes at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships, the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, and the World Figure Skating Championships.
 The competition took place from February 7 to 11 in Ottawa, Ontario.
The 2006 Canadian Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition held by Skate Canada, the nation's figure skating governing body.
 Skaters compete at the senior and junior levels in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
 The results of this competition were used to pick the Canadian teams to the 2006 Olympic Games, the 2006 World Figure Skating Championships, the 2006 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, and the 2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
U.S. Figure Skating is the national governing body for the sport of figure skating on ice in the United States.
 It is recognized as such by the United States Olympic Committee "USOC" under the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act and is the United States member of the International Skating Union ("ISU").
 Although the name of the organization is “the United States Figure Skating Association” it is known as and conducts business under the name “U.S. Figure Skating.”
 Founded in 1921, U.S. Figure Skating regulates and governs the sport and defines and maintains the standard of skating proficiency.
 It specifies the rules for testing, competitions and all other figure skating related activities.
 U.S. Figure Skating promotes interest and participation in the sport by assisting member clubs, skaters, and athletes, appointing officials, organizing competitions, exhibitions, and other figure skating pursuits, and offering a wide variety of programs.
The U.S. Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United States.
 The competition is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating.
 In the U.S. skating community, the event is often referred to informally as "Nationals".
 Medals are awarded in four disciplines: men's (boys') singles, ladies' (girls') singles, pair skating, and ice dancing in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth) on five levels, senior, junior, novice, intermediate, and juvenile.
 The event is also used to determine the U.S. teams for the World Championships, World Junior Championships, Four Continents Championships, and Winter Olympics, however, U.S. Figure Skating reserves the right to consider other results.
The U.S. Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition organized by the United States Figure Skating Association.
 In addition to determining the national champions, the event was used to determine the U.S. teams for the 2000 World Figure Skating Championships, 2000 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, and the 2000 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.
 Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth) in four disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – across three levels: senior, junior, and novice.
The Iceberg Skating Palace (Russian: Дворец Зимнего Спорта Айсберг) is a 12,000-seat multi-purpose arena at Sochi Olympic Park in Sochi, Russia.
 The venue hosted the figure skating and short track speed skating events at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
 It cost $43.9 million, including the temporary works for the Olympics.
 15,000 tonnes of steel were used.
 The environment was taken into consideration in its construction.
 A local figure skating competition was held in October 2012 but the International Skating Union said more work was needed to be ready for the 2012–2013 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, a test event in December 2012.
 At the Grand Prix Final, competitors said they liked the venue but some spectators complained about handrails obstructing the view in the upper tier.
 It takes about two hours to adjust the ice when switching from figure skating to short track or vice versa.