• Conveniently located at the heart of one of America's most traveled crossroads, the intersection of Interstates 64 and 75, and within a day's drive of 75% of the US population
• Surrounded by more than 450 horse farms
• Site of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, the largest equestrian sporting event ever held in the United States
• Home of the National Horse Center, the International Museum of the Horse, and more than 30 equine industry headquarters
• Home of the Kentucky Horse Park, site of the annual Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event – the only four-star, three-day-event in the Americas
• Home of Keeneland spring and fall meets, offering world-class thoroughbred racing in one of sports most beautiful settings
• Site of the 2007 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball 1st & 2nd Round Tournament
• Host of numerous NCAA 1st & 2nd Round & Regional Basketball Tournaments
• Host of five SEC Championships in 2007
• Host of 12 Kentucky High School Athletic Association State Championships
• Host of the KHSAA Boys Sweet Sixteen
• Home of the Lexington Legends Baseball Club, the Single-A Affiliate of the Houston Astros
• Site of the 2007 National Softball Association – Baseball Players of America National Convention
• Host of the 2007 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championships - Kearney Hills Links Golf Course
• Host of international tennis competitions and the Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex
• Hosts the Cincinnati Bengals Pre-season training camp at Georgetown College
• Host of the National Wheelchair Basketball Championships D-I & D-II – 2006, 2007 & 2008
• Site of the largest amateur athletic sporting event in Kentucky and the fifth largest in National Congress of State Games – Get Healthy Kentucky Bluegrass State Games
• Masterson Station Park – 22 soccer fields, nationally-recognized cross country course, equestrian facilities
• Applebee’s Park – Home to the Lexington Legends, this baseball stadium seats more than 6,000 people
• Commonwealth Stadium – Seats up to 67,606 people with 1,300 parking spaces on site
• Bluegrass Airport offers more than 100 nonstop flights to 13 large hub airports with convenient connection service to business and leisure destinations worldwide
Lexington Convention Center
• 130,000 square feet of versatile meeting, banquet and exhibit space
• Rupp Arena – This 23,000 seat multi-function facility is the home of the University of Kentucky Men’s Basketball, the Horseman of Arena Football2, and numerous concerts, family shows, motor sport events and trade shows throughout the year
• Average annual attendance for Rupp Arena in excess of 850,000 patrons
• 365-room Hyatt Regency Hotel connected to center
Bluegrass State Games
 The Bluegrass State Games is a non-profit program sponsored privately to promote amateur athletics across the Commonwealth. It is designed to provide Kentuckians of all ages and skill levels a wholesome avenue for positive development through sports and physical activity, to promote and develop amateur athletics and to provide the amateur athlete an opportunity to showcase their talent and receive statewide recognition.
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Contact
Lexington Area Sports Authority
Rick Hatcher
301 East Vine St.
Lexington, KY 40507
(859)244-7710
www.lexsports.com
rhatcher@visitlex.com
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Contact
Lexington CVB
John Pohl
301 East Vine St.
Lexington, KY 40507
(859)244-7716
www.visitlex.com
jpohl@visitlex.com |
