Others, including Papa John's Pizza founder John Schnatter, a major donor to the U of L athletic program, criticized the LG&E location due to its higher cost.
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At first, task force member and University of Louisville athletics director Tom Jurich, along with University of Louisville president James Ramsey and Task Force member John Schnatter, were ardently opposed to a downtown site and supported instead a campus arena, or a new arena built near Freedom Hall at the Kentucky Exposition Center.
In October 2010, Wax Fang released a 17 minute digital only single on Removador Recordings & Solutions called The Astronaut (Part 1). The band opened for My Morning Jacket at the KFC Yum! Center to commemorate the release.
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In 2010–11, the Cardinals women's team will join the school's men's team at the new KFC Yum! Center in Downtown Louisville.
The 2012 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament started on November 29, 2012 and ended on December 15 at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky with Texas winning the national championship.
Adyanthaya has been awarded a Jerome Playwriting Fellowship and a McKnight Advancement Grant, both from the Playwrights' Center; a Jerome Performance Art Fellowship by Intermedia Arts and an Artist of Color Directing Fellow at New York Theatre Workshop.
Jaime Solares is a Bolivian labor leader, and a major figure in the Bolivian Workers' Center (in Spanish, Central Obrera Boliviana or COB), Bolivia's largest union confederation.
Oliver Beeck (born 1988) is an American football Offensive Lineman, Center for the Kiel Baltic Hurricanes of the German Football League.
Members of the Playwrights' Center include nationally distinguished artists such as Lee Blessing, Ping Chong, Paula Vogel, and Jeffrey Hatcher, and the work of Center playwrights has won every major recognition the field offers, including two Pulitzers and the Tony Award.