“In a lot of our property, you’ll find rooms and buildings and exhibit areas that are 65 to 70 years old, so the need for upgrade and competition is important,” said Kentucky Venues President and CEO David Beck.
Construction could begin as soon as next year.Planners hope to add a dozen full-size soccer fields to make the Expo Center a regional hub for tournaments.Facilities will be modernized and expanded.The Kentucky General Assembly is pledging $180 million in funding for the Kentucky Exposition Center Expansion.The wing was completed in October 2007 and is currently being used by most events staged at the complex. The new facility, also features a skywalk, allowing those parking in the rear of the facility to access the lobby without going through the new hall.
It was replaced with the renamed North Wing, a more modern Class "A" exhibition space with higher ceilings and fewer support poles, similar to the South Wing. In April 2006, demolition began on KEC's East Wing, which was built as part of the original facility in 1956. In February 2006 the facility changed its name from Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center to simply Kentucky Exposition Center to "more accurately reflect the facility's mission." The event returned to Louisville in 2006. Titled the Panasonic Open, the event was held at the Kentucky Exposition Center from June 8–12. In 2004, Louisville was selected as one of five cities in the United States to host the Dew Tour, an extreme sports franchise which started 2005.
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The venue was also home to the Fairgrounds Motor Speedway which hosted the ARCA Racing Series and ASA National Tour from 1961 to 1979 including long running races the International 500 and the Bluegrass 300.
Past sporting events held at KEC include six NCAA final Fours, the minor league world series, and the Bluegrass Bowl, a failed attempt to start an annual college football bowl game. It is located adjacent to I-65 and the Henry Watterson Expressway, as well as the Louisville International Airport. KEC hosts a number of events, including the Kentucky State Fair, the North American International Livestock Exposition, the VEX Robotics World Championships and the National Farm Machinery Show. The site has 1,000 permanent horse stalls, 720 temporary stalls and capacity for livestock as well.įreedom Hall at the Kentucky Exposition Center Broadbent Arena is also located within the complex and as has maximum capacity of 6,600. Freedom Hall is one of two on-site arenas, and provided 18,875 seats for the University of Louisville men's and women's basketball teams until they moved downtown to the new KFC Yum! Center for the 2010–11 season. Ĭardinal Stadium, formerly an on-site baseball/ football field with a capacity of up to 37,925, was home to the University of Louisville football and Louisville Redbirds minor league baseball teams. A majority of the 1.3 million square feet is contiguous. ft of Class A exhibit space, nearly 500 acres of outdoor planning space (on grass and concrete). KEC has two arenas ( Broadbent Arena and Freedom Hall), almost 700,000 sq. It is overseen by the Kentucky Venues and is the sixth largest facility of its type in the U.S., with 1,300,000 square feet (120,000 m 2) of indoor space. The Kentucky Exposition Center ( KEC), is a large multi-use facility in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
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