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The KFC Yum! Center, in partnership with the YMCA of Greater Louisville, will host “Fit Tuesday” exercise classes on the arena’s Norton Healthcare Plaza every Tuesday evening at 5:45PM from June 6-August 29. No classed will be held July 4 or 11. The 45-50 minute complimentary classes will be taught by certified fitness instructors from the YMCA and are open to people of all ages and fitness levels. Advance registration is not required and participants do not need to bring any equipment, though an exercise mat, water bottle and sweat towel are recommended for most classes.
iHeart Media’s 100.5 Kiss-FM will play music for each class, conduct prize giveaways and give guests a chance to meet their favorite on-air radio personalities.
Class Schedule:
- June 6 – Dance Fitness
- August 1 – Turbokick
- June 13 – Boot Camp
- August 8 – Zumba
- June 20 – Insanity
- August 15 – POUND
- June 27 – POUND
- August 22 – Yoga
- July 18 – POUND
- August 29 – Boot Camp
- July 25 – Zumba
“We’re excited to bring Fit Tuesdays to our plaza,” said Dennis Petrullo, General Manager of the KFC Yum! Center. “Creating unique events to keep the community engaged with the KFC Yum! Center is important to us so this opportunity for area residents and visitors to exercise together and enjoy Downtown Louisville helps us meet that goal.”
“This partnership provides a great opportunity for the Y to enhance our focus of improving the health and well-being of our community,” said Steve Tarver, President and CEO, YMCA of Greater Louisville. “Group fitness classes are fun and offer a great way for residents to connect. Providing free classes is a perfect way to extend the Y’s mission of building healthy spirit, mind and body for ALL.”
For more information, visit www.kfcyumcenter.com.
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After being challenged by the Kentucky Concealed Carry Coalition, or KC3, the blanket ban on weapons at the downtown KFC Yum! Center has been lifted.
Following yesterday’s board meeting, the Louisville Arena Authority had agreed to bring their policy on bringing legally carried weapons, such as firearms, into compliance with state law – which prohibits public agencies from restricting the licensed carry of weapons on their premises.
Although the blanket prohibition on firearms has been lifted, restrictions still remain. For instance, University of Louisville events held at the Yum! center will still be gun-free and promotors will have the option to prohibit weapons at other events for which they have leased the center.
AEG Facilities, the company contracted to manage the Yum! Center, issued a statement saying that “[t]he arena intends to adhere to all federal, state and local regulations” and that it “will allow each event promoter or tour management company who leases the building for an event to determine the venue’s firearms policy on a show-by-show basis.” Although the facilities themselves are operated by a public agency, private lessees of the facilities are able to regulate weapons during the time for which they have leased them under KRS 237.110.
The Louisville Water Company failed to read one of the meters in the KFC Yum! Center for the past four years. The result is the approximately $100,000 worth of water and sewer charges were not collected. The error is the result of an incorrectly submitted application that the arena filed which placed the meter under the water company’s watch.
A company policy does not allow the water company to pursue charges that over two year past due, but they were able to collect about $38,500 after negotiations with the Louisville Arena Authority, less than half of what the charges for the past two years totaled.
Louisville Metro Council President, David Tandy, believes the arrangement is reasonable since the water company recovered some of the money it was owed and the arena was not forced to pay a bill it was not expecting.