Louisville Sports Commission Press Releases
July 19, 2017
Louisville, Ky. – July 19, 2017 – Jim Beam®, the world’s number one selling bourbon, has signed on as presenting sponsor of the Urban Bourbon Half Marathon (UBHM) that will be held on Oct. 21. The UBHM is an experiential destination event that celebrates and promotes 200 years of Louisville and Kentucky distilling history, combined with a half marathon route that showcases one of Louisville’s most scenic parks and provides a distinct downtown running experience.
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July 17, 2017
Players accounted for over 46,000 all-purpose yards, 394 tackles and 291 TDs in 2016
Louisville-based Texas Roadhouse to Sponsor Award for Seventh Year
Louisville, Ky. — July 17, 2017 — The Louisville Sports Commission today named 46 multi-talented college football players to the 2017 Watch List for the Paul Hornung Award presented by Texas Roadhouse.
The Paul Hornung Award, now in its eighth season, is given annually to the most versatile player in major college football by the Louisville Sports Commission, and football legend and Louisville native Paul Hornung. The winner and his family will be honored at the annual Paul Hornung Award Banquet presented by KentuckyOne Health, to be held at the Galt House Hotel in downtown Louisville on March 8, 2018. This will be The Paul Hornung Award’s second year as an associate member of the prestigious National College Football Awards Association.
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July 6, 2017
Louisville Regatta Grand Prix Joins Cup of the America’s Championship Series
Louisville, Ky. – July 6, 2017 – World-class powerboat racers will compete on the Ohio River in front of Waterfront Park in downtown Louisville on August 18-20, 2017, in the Inaugural Louisville Regatta Grand Prix.
“Our mission is to bring the sport of powerboat racing back to its former glory,” said International Outboard Grand Prix (IOGP) President, Mike Schriefer. “This means bringing our Grand Prix series to Louisville – one of North America’s most prestigious waterfront parks – for the next three years. Louisville, with its great waterfront community and horsepower heritage, has been at the top of the list of major cities where we want to host a high-performance powerboat race and festival. We are excited and confident that the families, fans, and music-goers will enjoy this event for years to come.”
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June 24, 2017
Louisville, KY – June 22, 2017 – Evander Holyfield’s Real Deal Sports & Entertainment, in association with Top Knotch Boxing and Kentucky Venues, is thrilled to announce the full card set for its promotional debut on Sat., June 24, from the historic Freedom Hall, in Louisville, Ky.. The televised portion of the event will feature a quadruple-header aired live on CBS Sports Network, at 10pm ET, headlined by the always-exciting heavyweight contender Derric Rossy facing Puerto Rican Carlos Negron in a 10-round bout with the vacant WBC Continental Americas title at stake.
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June 15, 2017
Louisville, KY – June 15, 2017 – The Louisville Sports Commission (LSC) announced the appointment of four new members to its board of directors and re-election of two members. The new and re-elected board members will be serving a three-year term of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2019. The LSC also welcomes a new slate of officers, including David Wombwell, market president of US Bank, who was re-elected as chairman of the board.
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