20 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT • 800.326.7465 Geared for gatherings Check out VisitBGKY.com/Events for upcoming spectator events at these venues. Bowling Green Ballpark 30 300 E. 8th Avenue • 270.901.2121 • bghotrods.com Located in the heart of downtown and home to the Bowling Green Hot Rods, Class A, Midwest League Affi liate of the Tampa Bay Rays with games from April-September. More Gears: Yearround community entertainment venue for baseball, concerts, meeting spaces, fundraisers and more. L.D. Brown Agricultural Exposition Center 14 406 Elrod Road • 270.745.3976 • wku.edu/expo The WKU Ag Expo Center is one of the fi nest show and sale facilities in the southeastern USA hosting a multitude of events year round including livestock shows, sales, clinics, machinery shows, rodeos and motocross. More Gears: Main arena seats 2,000 • Sales arena • Meeting and banquet rooms • Onsite catering Western Kentucky University 42 General Information: 270.745.0111 • Campus Events: 270.745.2497 Admissions: 800.495.8463 • wku.edu Founded in 1906, WKU has one of the most beautiful college campuses in the nation, and visitors can enjoy many cultural, sporting and educational events on the “Hill.” The Spirit Makes the Master! More Gears: Home of the Hilltoppers • 20,000+ students • 2016 Tree Campus USA recognition • Accredited Safe Community by the National Safety Council • Named to Military Friendly Schools List • Member of Kentucky Proud Farm to Campus Program • Public Art & History Exhibits Sloan Convention Center 57 1021 Wilkinson Trace • 270.745.0088 • bgky.org/convention-center Located in the affl uent Hartland District adjoining the 218-guest room Holiday Inn University Plaza and 18 hole CrossWinds Golf Course, this 35,000 sq. ft. facility is host to many visitor-friendly events including the Builders Association Home Expo, the Taste of Bowling Green in March and the Chocolate Festival in February as well as many other fun events. Knicely Conference Center 6 2355 Nashville Road • 270.745.1908 • wku.edu/knicelycenter This spacious 70,000 sq. ft. facility is home to WKU Conferencing & Catering and site of annual events like the Southern Kentucky Book Festival, community fundraisers and educational 30 seminars. More Gears: Augenstein Alumni Center bookings • On and offsite catering • Event planning services 57
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