http://www.uoflarenaseats.com The official website of the UofL Downtown Arena Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:47:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The new uoflarenaseats.com website is now live and ready to answer questions about the new Downtown Arena. Feel free to have a look around and drop us a line to find out more about securing your tickets for the new arena. http://www.uoflarenaseats.com/uoflarenaseatscom-is-live/ LOUISVILLE ARENA’S INTERIOR DESIGN BRINGS COMMUNITY’S ENERGY INDOORS LOUISVILLE, KY (June 23, 2008)… During its monthly meeting this morning, the Louisville Arena Authority unveiled new images of the downtown Arena’s interior designs. HOK Sport, the architecture firm selected to design the 717,000 square-foot arena, presented renderings of the state-of-the-art facility to the Authority and attendees at ... http://www.uoflarenaseats.com/interior-design/ This website explains the Transition Plan from Freedom Hall to the Downtown Arena. To understand the entire process, please read through the Q&A sections, the Timeline and the Seating Diagram Donation Levels. If you have additional questions that were not addressed please contact the CAF office. This website can easily be updated ... http://www.uoflarenaseats.com/a-transition-into-the-future/ http://www.uoflarenaseats.com/bond-photo-gallery/ ARENA AUTHORITY SECURES PERMANENT BOND FINANCING FOR ARENA LOUISVILLE, KY (September 3, 2008) – The Louisville Arena Authority today announced it has closed the transaction securing nearly $350 million in bond financing for Louisville’s new downtown arena. Goldman Sachs & Co., chosen in January 2007, is the senior bond underwriter. Goldman Sachs has financed sports facilities ... http://www.uoflarenaseats.com/bond-financing/ LOUISVILLE, KY (June 23, 2008)… When Louisville’s new downtown Arena opens it will not only offer a 717,000 square-foot arena, but also one of the largest plazas of any arena in the country. During today’s Louisville Arena Authority meeting, HOK Sport, the firm selected to design the Arena, revealed renderings of the outdoor ... http://www.uoflarenaseats.com/plaza-design/ LOUISVILLE, KY (June 9, 2008)…The Louisville Arena Authority Construction Committee met today to select a firm to perform demolition services at the future Louisville Arena site. After meeting with members of O’Rourke Wrecking Company, the Construction Committee will recommend to the full Arena Authority that O’Rourke be awarded the full demolition contract and be allowed ... http://www.uoflarenaseats.com/o%e2%80%99rourke-awarded-arena-demolition-contract/ “Unique seating design with excellent site lines” Louisville, KY – The first look at the interior of Louisville’s new downtown arena was unveiled today at the monthly meeting of the Louisville Arena Authority by HOK Sport, the arena’s architect/design firm. The seating configuration was termed “the most unique basketball-seating bowl for the nation’s best college ... http://www.uoflarenaseats.com/louisville-arena-interior-unveiled/ • Commitment to minority hiring and local workforce  major factors in selection    LOUISVILLE, KY – The nation’s third largest sports builder has been selected to build the Louisville Arena. M. A. Mortenson Company, based in Minneapolis, was the choice of the Louisville Arena Authority at today’s monthly meeting.  “Their track record of not ... http://www.uoflarenaseats.com/m-a-mortenson-company-selected-to-construct-arena/ $8.6 million below budgeted estimate  LOUISVILLE, KY – The Louisville Arena Authority today approved the selection of HOK Sport to design a new downtown multi-purpose arena.  “HOK Sport has designed more than 135 arenas around the world, so we were very comfortable with their extensive knowledge of the project type,” said Dan ... http://www.uoflarenaseats.com/hok-sport-selected-to-design-new-louisville-arena/