Louisville news

JRA has appointed Matt Dawson, a former VP at experience design company Forrec, as its new VP of business development. At Forrec, Dawson – who ... More

The Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory – home of the official bat of Major League Baseball – has introduced a new visitor experience at its ... More

Global architecture firm HOK have been appointed to design a permanent new home for US soccer franchise Louisville City FC. HOK will provide the vision ... More

The University of Louisville Athletics department has launched a fundraising campaign to expand its American football stadium and training complex. The US$55m (€49.3m, £38.4m) project ... More

The US has taken first place in the updated World Design Rankings, which rates countries based on the number of awards won by their citizens ... More

Louisville City FC has commissioned a feasibility study for the construction of a football-specific stadium in a bid to gain entry into Major League Soccer. ... More

The 21c Museum Hotels, currently with three US locations, is expanding in the coming years with new properties in Oklahoma City and Nashville in the ... More

Work is progressing on a new visitor attraction for spirit maker Beam Suntory – the Jim Beam Urban Stillhouse in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, US. Located ... More

Global design firm PGAV Destinations, which won accolades for Chimelong Ocean Kingdom last year, has announced a completely different type of project. Following on from ... More

Louisville’s Kentucky Science Center is about to undergo a US$3.3m (€2.6m, £2.1m) renovation to improve its offering to children. After three years of rotating temporary ... More

Severn Lamb, the specialist UK transport engineering systems manufacturer, has delivered two new Texan rail trains to Louisville Zoo, USA. Severn Lamb won the tender ... More

Kentucky's Speed Art Museum has exceeded its US$50m (£32m, €38.5m) Changing Speed fundraising goal for the museum's major renovation and expansion project by US$334,000 (£212m, ... More

UCI, the world governing body for cycling, has tabled plans to extend the 2016 Olympic Games cycling programme to include three extra events. Among the ... More

Louisville's Kentucky Kingdom theme park, US, closed since 2009, may reopen in 2014, with a new lease approved for the site. The investors, Kentucky Kingdom ... More

Louisville mayor Greg Fischer has unveiled plans to reopen the city's Kentucky Kingdom amusement park, which was formerly operated by Six Flags before shutting in ... More

Louisville Zoo in Kentucky, US, has announced the official opening of its new polar and grizzly bear habitat as part of the multi-phase Glacier Run ... More

The latest phase of Louisville Zoo’s Glacier Run exhibit is set to open on 26 April and will be home to polar and grizzly bears, ... More

Kentucky Kingdom, the former Six Flags site in Louisville, US, may reopen if its new owners can get hold of US$50m. Ed Hart, who owned ... More

Louisville Zoo in Kentucky, US, has opened the fourth phase of its new Glacier Run exhibition to the public. The new attraction, the Seal and ... More

Theme park operator Six Flags is to close its Kentucky Kingdom operation. The company had recently proposed a new lease arrangement to the Kentucky State ... More

The US$75m (£43m, 64m euro) Muhammad Ali Center is set to open next week in the city where the boxing legend was born, Louisville, Kentucky, ... More

US-based cinema operator National Amusements has announced a deal to install up to 18 IMAX screens over the next few years; 12 of which could ... More