Louisville Gardens

Opened in 1905

About Louisville Gardens

Louisville Gardens is recorded as an ABA arena in Louisville, Kentucky. It opened in 1905. It was designed by Brinton B. Davis. Its recorded capacity is 6,000. Its only tenant was Kentucky Colonels (ABA, 1968–1970).

Appears in

7th longest single tenancy (2 years) of the 14 longest on record in ABA arenas

Photo of Louisville Gardens — Photo by Bedford at en.wikipedia. License: Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Venue Information

Capacity

6,000

Source: Wikidata

Year Opened

1905

Address

525 West Muhammad Ali Boulevard, Louisville, Kentucky 40202

Elevation

456 ft

139 m above sea level

Architect

Brinton B. Davis

Address derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Architect and operator credits from Wikidata.

Teams

Home seasons at Louisville Gardens by team, 1905–1970. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Kentucky Colonels While based here: 3 seasons · 123-117 regular season · 3 postseason trips ABA · 1968–1970 Territory map on ImperialismMap Louisville Gardens 1968–1970 Freedom Hall 1971–1976	ABA	1968–1970

Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the capacity of Louisville Gardens?

The capacity of Louisville Gardens is 6,000.

When was Louisville Gardens built?

Louisville Gardens opened in 1905.

Who designed Louisville Gardens?

Louisville Gardens was designed by Brinton B. Davis.

Where did the Kentucky Colonels play after Louisville Gardens?

After leaving Louisville Gardens in 1970, the Kentucky Colonels moved to Freedom Hall in 1971. They played there until 1976.

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Address.
VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
Wikidata (CC0): Capacity, Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 0 m of this point), Architect and operator.
Wikimedia Commons (Public domain): Photograph.

Location

Coordinates: 38.2514, -85.7604

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Nearby Venues

Venue	Years	Distance
Eclipse Park III	1902–1922	0.8 mi
Louisville Baseball Park		1.6 mi
Eclipse Park I	1874–1893	2.1 mi
Eclipse Park II	1893–1899	2.1 mi
Parkway Field		2.7 mi
L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium	1998–	3.1 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Teams on Wikipedia

Kentucky Colonels

Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.