TexanMark’s Tailgate Guides: Louisville Tailgate and Visitors Guide ‘09
NOTE: UNDER REVISIONLouisville Skyline Click to enlargeThis is joke of a series of tailgating guides repayment for Big East football schools written via Syracuse addict and tailgate aficionado TexanMark. If you be paid any feedback or additional data you cogitate on belongs in this instructions, amuse abridge a footnote less than or plummet an email discharge to Mark via clicking here. First Things First: GETTING THERELouisville is the most western megalopolis in the Big East (among Football schools).
The airport is sheerest close up to the circus. Airline rove later is categorically affable. In act some of the motels you energy stoppage at also be of assistance the airport. A smattering more reduction airlines be paid recently been added.
Check Southwest Airlines blue ribbon. Driving to Louisville is a tittle more debatable. All the other schools are at least 12 hours but are doable at bottom if you be paid three or four fullest extent days repayment for a mini-vacation. Realistically not Cincinnati (1 3/4 hrs), Pittsburgh and West Virginia (both there 6-7 hours) are drivable over with most weekends. Note: Amtrak doesn’t hurry up to the core Louisville. Of seminar, you can also gather tours of multitudinous city distilleries. It looks like a fancy city to upon with Churchill Downs horse racing (live racing in November), a Six Flags amusement care for, the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center (KFEC) and an manifest have the prominence of handy called 4th Street Live.
Baseball fans energy long for to show abroad the Louisville Slugger Museum. Military Buffs and Gold Lovers should definite aside later to predicament Ft. Boxing fans should show abroad the Muhammed Ali Center. Knox there 45 mins south. Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby DayThe circus is located a abridged cover south of the candid campus. History and Theater Lovers should show abroad Frazier Arms History Museum and Actors Theatre.
The candid campus (Belknap) can be viewed via interactive shoelace up. The contiguousness of these places and downtown Louisville gave lag to the Louisville Sports Corridor. Another genial shoelace up repayment for an overview of a masses of info acclaimed to visitors. Click on the video of proposed “Louisville Sports Corridor” repayment for an overview of where Louisville wants to analyse.
It is located fair-minded west of I-65 a smattering miles south of downtown. Driving to the circus is categorically affable. Papa John’s Cardinal StadiumParking/Game Day Tailgating/Ticket BuyingThe meet website gives you managing director driving instructions from coming from all Cardinal Directions (pun intended). The stadium’s meet website says: “On most field days, joke of the finest options is to care for at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center (KFEC). Like most stadiums the closest in spots are unsociable repayment for opportunity ripe pass holders and “high rollers”.
To sophism movement to the prepaid lots, those parking at the KFEC should access Gate 1 of the fairgrounds at leisure the Watterson Expressway (I-264). Please sophism jaywalking across Crittenden Drive. Follow Ring Road (Champion’s Way) to the straightaway and care for in the lots north of full of years Cardinal Stadium, then cover across Crittenden Drive at the movement faint and down Central Avenue to Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. Parking at the KFEC is $6. Most lots unbarred five hours ahead kickoff but locals be paid told me KEFC opens up at 6 AM.
There is also stout boundary parking west of the circus across the railroad tracks between Churchill Downs and PJCS.” Tailgating is allowed in all parking lots except parking garages. KFEC is gigantic and allows you to categorically spread abroad as there are no assigned spots. heavy-set The finest predicament repayment for RV’ers is to care for at the (KFEC) Fairgrounds. Also another alternative to worst the movement into KFEC is to definite abroad on to the core Gate 6 at leisure the Preston Highway. Current bring in was stated at $50 with fullest extent hanger ups ($30 repayment for primitive-no hanger up) at the shoelace up.
If you long for to care for on the candid Belknap Campus disregard there it unless you be paid a permit (car or RV). heavy-set This looks like the finest RV post repayment for any city in the Big East. Another city to care for is Churchill Downs when the horses aren’t racing. They evidently contract abroad you care for and tailgate. Another smattering places you can essay is the Holy Name Catholic Church repayment for tailgating. It energy be good checking abroad if you long for to sophism a masses of the movement invariably the circus. You MUST freedom these lots from Crittenden Dr.
The website hosted via the 502 flock states: There are also parking spaces within reach repayment for $10 in the Boy Scout lots on Central Ave between Floyd and Crittenden Dr. heavy-set Boy Scout lots are unbarred to the west of the circus, at the corner of 4th and Central Ave. heavy-set Farther west (add at leisure the map) are neighborhood parking and the Churchill Downs parking lots. You MUST Approach these lots from the west side of the circus (4th St / Taylor Blvd). Prices differ. The Boy Scout lots as a rule unbarred 8 hours ahead kickoff (or so we’ve been told).