Freedom Hall
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| The Freedom Hall in Louisville | |
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| place | 937 Phillips Lane Louisville , Kentucky 40209
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| Coordinates | 38 ° 12 ′ 1 ″ N , 85 ° 44 ′ 31 ″ W |
| owner | Commonwealth of Kentucky |
| operator | Kentucky Exposition Center |
| opening | 1956 |
| Extensions | 1984 |
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Concrete parquet ice surface sand soil |
| costs | 100 million US dollars |
| architect | Ellerbe Becket |
| capacity | 19,169 seats (concert) 18,749 seats (basketball) 17,062 seats (ice hockey) 17,090 seats (ice show) 16,587 seats (wrestling) 14,456 seats (horse show, rodeo) |
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The Freedom Hall is a multi-purpose arena in Louisville , Kentucky on the grounds of the Kentucky Exposition Center . Between December 1956 and 2010 the arena was home to the "Louisville Cardinals", the sports team of the University of Louisville , for men's basketball. The hall has also hosted the NCAA Basketball Final Four tournament six times .
history
The arena was opened in 1956 and has been renovated several times since then. In 1984 the hall floor was lowered by three meters, so that the audience capacity could be increased from 16,613 to 18,749 today for basketball games and 19,169 for concerts. The record crowd for a basketball game was reached on January 21, 2006 with 20,091 spectators in a game of the Cardinals against the University of Connecticut . Over the years the arena has been used by various franchises , including the Louisville Rebels from the International Hockey League , the Kentucky Colonels from the American Basketball Association, and the Louisville Panthers from the American Hockey League . The last professional team to use the hall as their home stadium were the Louisville Fire from the second-rate arena football league af2 .
Major events at Freedom Hall
NCAA tournaments
- Final Four 1958
- Final Four 1959
- Final Four 1962
- Final Four 1963
- Final Four 1967
- Final Four 1969
- Regional Finals Midwest 1976
- First and Second Finals Midwest 1983
- Regional Finals Southeast 1987
- First and second final round Southeast 1991
Concerts
- 1964: The Beach Boys , The Kingsmen
- 1966: The Monkees
- 1968: The Doors
- 1974: Grateful Dead
- 1975: The Rolling Stones
- 1976: Elton John , Elvis Presley , Yes , KISS , Aerosmith
- 1977: Boston , Led Zeppelin , Pink Floyd , Yes, Donovan , KISS , AC / DC
- 1978: Billy Joel
- 1979: Yes
- 1980: Van Halen , Yes
- 1981: The Rolling Stones, The Who
- 1982: Van Halen
- 1984: Van Halen
- 1986: Prince
- 1987: Yes
- 1988: Def Leppard , Tesla , Michael Jackson , AC / DC
- 1989: Grateful Dead
- 1991: AC / DC
- 1992: Van Halen, Metallica
- 1993: Grateful Dead
- 1994: Billy Joel, Aerosmith
- 1996: KISS, Alice in Chains , AC / DC
- 1997: Metallica, Elton John
- 1999: John Mellencamp , Cher
- 2000: Tina Turner , Lionel Richie
- 2001: Red Hot Chili Peppers , Foo Fighters , Tool
- 2002: Janet Jackson , Cher, Cyndi Lauper
- 2003: KISS, Aerosmith
- 2004: Metallica, Van Halen
- 2005: John Mellencamp, Donovan
- 2006: Coldplay , Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
- 2007: Def Leppard , Styx , Foreigner , Bob Dylan , Elvis Costello
- 2007: Lynyrd Skynyrd (Live From Freedom Hall)
- 2008: Reba McEntire , Kelly Clarkson
- 2009: AC / DC
- 2010: AC / DC
Web links
- Freedom Hall on the Kentucky Exposition Center website ( December 11, 2008 memento on the Internet Archive )
- setlist.fm: Freedom Hall concert list (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ audience capacity ( memento of November 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive )