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Event Resume


When considering a venue for your sporting event, consider this:

  • Louisville hosted the 37th Ryder Cup, one of the most prestigious golfing events in the world.
  • Louisville has hosted the Kentucky Derby, the oldest continuous sporting event in the United States, for 134 consecutive years.
  • Louisville has hosted 4 NCAA Final Four Basketball Tournaments, 7 NCAA Elite Eight Tournaments, and college conference championship events, national and state high school tournaments and national amateur championship events too numerous to mention.
  • 40,000 people filled Papa John's Cardinal Stadium to see The US Women's Soccer Team, the second largest crowd ever to watch a women's soccer game.
  • Louisville holds 4 of the top 7 attendance figures in Breeder's Cup history.
  • On the two occasions the PGA Championship has been held in Louisville, every available ticket was sold out a full year in advance.
  • The largest attendance in USA Volleyball Girls National Championship and National Field Archery Tournament histories have been when the events where held in Louisville.

Event History:

  • Bulldog Classic Regional High School Track & Field Meet-annually
  • BMX Grand Nationals-annually
  • Champions Derby Classic Gymnastics Tournament-annually
  • Mason-Dixon Games-annually
  • KHSAA State Football Championships-annually
  • JVDA National Volleyball Championships-2008
  • USA Cycling Masters National Championships-2008
  • Ironman Louisville-2007-2008
  • Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) Louisville-2007-2008
  • Senior Games-2007
  • AAU 17 & Under Baseball National Championships-2005-2007
  • Breeders’ Cup-2000, 2006
  • US Transplant Games -2006
  • Tri-America Triathlon Series-2003-2006
  • NAIA Cross Country National Championships-2003-2006
  • USAG Acrobatic Gymnastics National Championshipis-2005
  • NBC Dew Action Sports Tour-2005
  • NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships-2004-2005
  • USCF Masters Road National Championships-2003
  • LPGA Senior Women's Tour Event-2005
  • USATF 10 mile National Championship-2003-2005
  • USA Volleyball Girls NIT-2002, 2005
  • USA Volleyball Boys Junior Olympic National Championships-2002, 2005
  • NAIA Region XII Baseball Championships-2001-2003
  • Ohio Valley Conference Men’s & Women’s Basketball Championship-2002
  • Olympic Torch Relay Exhibition-2001
  • City of Louisville HockeyFest-2001
  • NAIA Baseball Super-Regional-2001
  • AAU Regional Track & Field Meet-2001
  • UCI/BMX World Cycling Championships-2001
  • Junior Olympic National Judo Championships-2001
  • USTA Southern Sectionals-2001, 2002
  • National Amateur Baseball Federation’s Annual Major Division World Series-2000
  • Nike Bluegrass Classic-2000
  • USA Volleyball Junior Olympic Girls National Championships-2000
  • USA vs. Australia Women’s Olympic Volleyball Exhibition-2000
  • Women’s Gold Cup Soccer-2000