Greater Louisville Sports Commission
401 West Main Street, Suite 2200
Louisville , KY 40202
502-587-7767

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Press Conference Scheduled to Announce Professional Sport Debut in Louisville

February 20, 2007 - Please join the Greater Louisville Sports Commission, SFX Worldwide, a Blue Equity company, the Louisville Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Reach Event Marketing as they announce the arrival of a new, prestigious tour stop of an annual professional sporting event coming to Louisville during Memorial Day weekend in a special press conference to be held at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 20, 2007. Members of the media are invited to attend this press conference that will feature male and female Pro Tour superstars as Mayor Jerry Abramson announces the 2007 arrival of this exciting sport. Waterfront Park has been chosen as the newest stop on a professional tour featuring an electric mix of action and excitement with internationally known Olympic champions and other world-class athletes as they prepare to descend on Louisville this summer.

WHAT: The announcement of a new, annual professional sporting event coming to Louisville. Athletes and sports property representatives will be available for interviews immediately following the announcement.

WHO: Major Pro Tour Dignitaries, Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson, Jonathan Blue (Chairman & Managing Director, Blue Equity), Bob Slattery (President of R.E.M.), GLSC Chairman Gary Ulmer and Diane McGraw, Executive Director of the Greater Louisville Sports Commission, Derrick Ramsey, Interim Executive Director of the Kentucky Sports Authority/Deputy Secretary of Commerce

WHERE: Waterfront Development Corporation, 129 East River Road, Louisville, Ky. 40202/502-574-3768/2 nd floor

Parking: Please tell attendant you are attending press conf.

WHEN: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 2:30 p.m.

For more information, please call Jeff Schneider at 502-587-7767 ext. 428.

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