Arena Mayhem

Reflecting On A Year We Called 2008

At the end of 2008 we wrote a River City development year-in-review that never made it online. We've tweaked it a bit to bring...

Arena Mayhem: Women’s Volleyball Finals On Their Way

The first non-University of Louisville event for the arena was announced today at the University of Louisville's YUM Center. The 2012 NCAA Women's Volleyball...

Arena Mayhem: Walling Off Third Street

Work continues at the arena site with a giant concrete wall rising on the corner of Third Street and River Road. Sure, there's already...

Arena Mayhem: Make That Three Blue Tower Cranes

Okay, so the overtime work we told you about yesterday evidently went toward installing the base of a third tower crane at the northwest...

Arena Mayem: Second Tower Crane Rising, Guess What Color?

A second tower crane on the north-east corner of the construction site has been spotted sitting among a forest of concrete columns. Only the...

Arena Mayhem: Big Blue Towering Over House Of Red

The construction of the new arena for the University of Louisville inadvertent (we think) got political today as crews installed a new tower crane...

Arena Mayhem: New Website & Video Rendering

The University of Louisville Arena has a fancy new website, complete with a new video rendering of the project. The new site, called U...

Arena Mayhem: Halloween Countdown Edition

Mark your calendars for Halloween 2010. That's right, the new downtown arena will officially open at 11:40 pm on Halloween in 2010 according to...

Arena Mayhem: Shoring Wall Now Gigantic

The shoring wall at the arena site along Main Street is now huge. You can judge by the people standing next to the wall...