KFC Yum! Center Increasing Louisville Development
Last year Team Services secured Yum! Brands as the naming rights partner for the new arena in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The KFC Yum! Center opened to rave reviews in the fall of 2010 and today it is being touted as a primary economic driver for growth in Louisville.
In a new series of advertisements by Goldman Sachs themed “Progress,” the arena is credited with creating thousands of direct jobs through the construction and operation of the arena, and many more indirect jobs through growth of surrounding businesses.
A third-party economic impact survey credited the arena with spurring over $470M in economic development between 2007 and 2010, and forecasts an additional $450M in major projects over the next five years.
