What’s more fun on a Saturday afternoon in the Fall than sitting back, watching football and splitting a pizza with your friends? Not much. If you agree, then L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium is for you. The University of Louisville Cardinals play their home games in front of perhaps the most comfortable fans in the nation. All 61,000 seats at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium are chairback seats. No other on campus stadium can make this claim.
Louisville’s home stadium can expand to accommodate up to 80,000 fans and features a state of the art training facility. One of the most impressive features at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium is its ability to provide medical care for fans and visitors. Through the University of Louisville’s partnership with Jewish Hospital and the Frazier Rehab Center, the stadium provides a high level of medical care with a full trauma center and three fully staffed first aid stations. Features such as these make L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium one of the finest stadiums in the nation.
The stadium opened in 1998 with a seating capacity of 40,000. In November 2006, the Louisville Athletic Association Board of Directors approved a $63 million expansion that increased the capacity to 55,000. Completed by the 2010 season, the project included 2,000 luxury seats and 45 luxury suites on the east side of the stadium. The existing grandstand was extended to the ends of the Howard Schnellenberger Football Complex, while an upper deck was added to the east grandstand. New HD video scoreboards were also installed as part of the project.
In August 2015, the University of Louisville announced plans to expand the stadium to accommodate 60,000 fans. The expansion on the north side of the stadium added 10,000 seats, including 1,000 club seats and 12 field level boxes. The project also included a new football complex and was completed before the 2019 season.
