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Louisville Gardens
Louisville Gardens
promotion known as Ohio Valley Wrestling, until the organization moved to the Davis U.S. National Register of Historic Places Arena. WWE also staged two pay-per-view events at Louisville Gardens: (In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage and In Your House 17: Ground Zero). Freedom Hall replaced the small, aging facility in 1956 as a more popular venue for city events. The Southeastern Conference men’s basketball tournament was held at the Jefferson County Armory from 1941-1952. Additionally, the Ohio Valley Conference men’s basketball tournament was held there from 1949-1955 and again from 1964-1967. The Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association played their home games at the facility, then known as the ConLouisville Gardens vention Center, from 1967 through 1970. Louisville, KY Location: The Louisville Catbirds of the Continental 38°15′5.06″N 85°45′37.26″W /Basketball Coordinates: Association (1983-1985), the 38.2514056°N 85.76035°W / Louisville Shooters of the Global Basketball 38.2514056; -85.76035 Association (1991-1992) and the Kentucky Colonels of the ABA 2000 (2004-2006) all 1905 Built/Founded: played their home basketball games at the Davis,Brinton B.; Caldwell & Architect: Louisville Gardens. Drake Ice hockey teams to use the Gardens as Beaux Arts Architectural home ice include the Louisville Blades, Louisstyle(s): ville Shooting Stars and the Louisville Rebels. Elvis Presley performed there, Martin Local Governing body: Luther King Jr. and Harry Truman both spoke March 24, 1980 Added to NRHP: there. It was added to the National Register NRHP Reference#: 80001606 [1] of Historic Places in 1980. Phish played their last show before their 1995 Halloween conLouisville Gardens is a multipurpose, 6,000 cert here. seat arena in Louisville, Kentucky that The building was also known as the Conopened in 1905 as the Jefferson County Arvention Center, mostly in the 1960s and mory. It recently celebrated its 100th an1970s. It was renamed Louisville Gardens in niversary as city mayor Jerry Abramson’s 1975 when the Commonwealth Convention official "Family-Friendly New Years Eve" celCenter (now called Kentucky International ebration location. The facility has served the Convention Center) was being built. city of Louisville and Jefferson County in a In 2007, the Cordish Company, manager variety of ways during the past century, from of the nearby Fourth Street Live! entertainutilization as an actual armory to American ment complex, agreed to take over operation Basketball Association’s Kentucky Colonels of "The Gardens" from the Metro Louisville basketball games to various wrestling events. Government as part of a $250 million develElvis Presley concerts, political rallies, and opment in downtown Louisville. Hurricane Katrina flood relief have also been staged there. More recently, WWE used the 3,000 person capacity arena as a training ground for future stars in a minor-league
Jefferson County Armory
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• Shafer, Sheldon (2000-05-07). "Gardens may need niche to survive". The CourierJournal. • Shafer (2007-08-30). "Historic Gardens may flourish again". The Courier-Journal.
References
[1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://www.nr.nps.gov/.
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