Cardinal Park

Cardinal Park was built to complete the University’s need for a comprehensive sports program to comply with Title IX laws and to meet a wide variety of recreational interests. Cardinal Park features soccer and softball fields, track and field events, meeting rooms and a fully equipped training room in addition to other important athletic amenities. Since its construction, Cardinal Park has become one of the Commonwealth’s largest and most prestigious sports complexes, serving both the University of Louisville and the surrounding community. This multi-phase project, which began with the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center, offers U of L an unprecedented opportunity to attract more qualified students, establish an extensive new women’s sports program and hence establish gender equity and overall expand its distinguished tradition of nurturing athletic talent. It was built with the help from the U of L Foundation, which has put forth the money for completion while donations continue to come in.

“Cardinal Park is the single most important athletic facility we’ve built. It has brought us to the cutting edge of women’s sports, and has allowed us to work toward our goal of gender equality in athletics. It serves as a ‘front porch’ for the University and there’s no doubt it’s an excellent recruitment tool. This state of the art prime asset of the campus was realized thanks to the loan provided by the Foundation.”
-Tom Jurich, Vice President of Athletics

“Cardinal Park is a wonderful facility. During the recruitment process, it’s one of the first things they show you. I was immediately impressed by how well kept it was. It’s also nice to have everything all together in one location. And you can see all the other athletes there, too. You pass them in the halls; you get to see your friends. Cardinal Park is definitely one of the reasons that students come here. It’s second to none. It’s very welcoming for the general public, too.”
-Lindsay Scheer, Forward and Outside Midfielder (Field Hockey), Biology Major and Exercise Science Minor