LOUISVILLE
This Town Knows Sports With high-profile events like the Kentucky Derby and this year’s PGA Championship (not to mention Equip Expo) Louisville knows how to put on a big show.
Although Louisville is known as the birthplace and hometown of
Louisville has two convention centers — the downtown Kentucky International Convention Center (KICC) and the Kentucky Exposition Center (KEC), which is the sixth largest convention facility in the country and also houses Freedom Hall arena. Louisville is synonymous with the Kentucky Derby, which is held
prominent high-profile events, including historic Churchill Downs, Louisville Slugger Field, and KFC Yum! Center, Lynn Family Stadium, Valhalla Golf Club, as well as the 2021 addition of the Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center, a $53 million-dollar one-of-a- kind multi-sport complex specializing in indoor track and field. Additionally,
Muhammad Ali, the city has extended its sports connections beyond boxing to a myriad of high-profile and renowned sporting events hosted at several key sporting facilities throughout the city. Louisville boasts a number of elite sporting facilities that help attract
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