Sporting Venues

More history has happened at the Armory than in most places...

The Early Days "Plans for the Louisville Armory actually began in 1893, when the state legislators passed a law that required every city of 1st or...

Learning from Indianapolis: Let’s get creative about tearing down Old Cardinal...

Despite today's snow, demolition work was scheduled to get underway Monday at the Old Cardinal Stadium at the Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center (KFEC). Louisville-based wreckers, South...

Arena Mayhem: A Whale Of A Building

While walking down Witherspoon Street not too long ago, I was taking a few photos of the dramatic contour of the roof of the...

Inside The Arena: The View From The Nosebleeds

We've spent a lot of time documenting the exterior construction of the new arena, but we agree the interior is kind of important as...

Arena Mayhem: Now With 80 Percent More Curve

There it is in all its glory. The roof of the arena has become a wall. A veritable waterfall one day of glass and...

More Roof At The Arena

Here's another view of the progress on building the arena's roof from the Louisville Convention and Visitors' Bureau. Metal decking has already been set...

Snapshot: Putting A Lid On The Arena

Would you take a look at that arena: the curvy roof has begun. I suppose we could call this point on the northwest corner...

Snapshot: Checking In At The Stadium

As the Cardinals continue with their football season (it's a good thing we don't have to cover sports), here's our latest round of photos...

Arena Mayhem: Skinning The Giant

So the arena has been moving so fast lately, these pictures from my visit a couple weeks ago are probably long past descriptive, but...