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Cardinal Stadium , an onsite Baseball / Football field with a capacity of up to 47,925, was formerly home to the University Of Louisville Football and Louisville Redbirds Minor League Baseball teams. Freedom Hall is one of two onsite arenas, and provides 19,000 seats for the University of Louisville Basketball team. Also located onsite is Broadbent Arena , a smaller arena with a maximum capacity of 6,600. The site, which shares its 19,000 parking spots with the adjacent Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom , falls far short of the capacity of the various KEC facilities. The site has 1,000 permanent horse stalls, 720 temporary stalls and capacity for livestock as well. The limited parking capacity and the one way "ring road" are two commonly cited criticisms of the facilities. KEC hosts a number of events, including the Kentucky State Fair , the North American International Livestock Exposition and the National Farm Machinery Show . It is located adjacent to I-65 and the Henry Watterson Expressway , as well as the Louisville International Airport . Past sporting events held at the Kentucky Exposition Center 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 . In 2004 , Louisville was selected as one of 5 cities in the United States to host the Dew Action Sports Tour , a new extreme sports francise which started 2005 . Titled the Panasonic Open , the event was held at the Kentucky Exposition Center fron June 8-12. The tour will return to Louisville for in 2006 . 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." EXTERNAL LINKS |
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