Kentucky International Convention Center

I went here for the Wizard World Louisville Comic Con, so I will keep my review to the venue and not the event.
The Convention Center was pretty standard. With multiple enterances, it was limited amount of signs for the facility, it was difficult to tell where you were going if you were not on the event floor, and I am unsure if that has more to do with the even or the center. The main area of the center however was well labled/​directed.
The bathrooms were a mess, a few stalls were out of toilet paper and one stall was unusable due to the standing water on the ground around the toilet bowl. That being said this was a very large event and the issues may have been in the process of being fixed. The one food option run be the convention center was decent, but you could not see a menu until you were at the counter and the serving staff was friendly.
The center is self was spacious and served the Con well and I would definately go to another event here.

It is what it is… Now I have been for for several events and the venue always seems to be ready and clean. Parking can be a pain, but the garage’s are there if you prefer. It is good to have a venue like this so you can attack some of the big events.

They always do a great job putting together the breast cancer breakfast. Very nice staff. Parking is very close, and very reasonably priced.

Location is fantastic, close to many things including 4^th street! Here for a tattoo convention and have enjoyed everything. Staff is very friendly, bartender was awesome, and everyone seemed to be having a great time. The convention center has a lot of potential to be a great place, but could also be very boring. Guess it depends on how you use it.

Hubby and I came here for the Wizard World Comic Con last month. Pretty cool venue! Love the location! Right in the middle of everything it seems. And, it’s always good when you have a Starbucks in the building for your caffeine fix.
Pretty easy to get around and easy for bus transportation to pull in front of the building to let off groups and then be on their way without making too much of a backup on the main road in front.
The cascade rooms were a good size and fit hundreds of people. Overall, it was a great experience here!

I am forcing myself to write a good review of the Convention Center. I need to remove the bad experience of the *event* I attended and focus on the location.
I was here for FandomFest 2013, which was a sh! tshow.
But the Convention Center, for size and space reasons, was a good place to have part of it. While the FandomFest volunteers, staff, and planners were exceeding USELESS, the people with the most accurate and helpful answers were the Convention Center employees. And that they kept their cool while being as frustrated as the rest of us attendees is a tribute to them. Kudos.
I believe that all the issues experienced at the event were solely the fault of the event organizers and not the location staff.

How do you rate a convention center? I hate these places. But I’ll give it two stars, because as convention centers go, it’s «meh» not «eek!» Pretty lifeless though. Limited food offerings, and you pay captive audience prices. Venture into the neighborhood for meals and refreshments. Unilocal will show you the way.

The American Philatelic Society recently hosted their winter show here, and I was a booth holder over a long weekend. It’s a nice facility conveniently centered in town with some decent chain restaurants in the hood. The security staff was friendly and professional and it’s an easy place to navigate. No one gave me hard time for bringing in food from outside (that has actually happened to me in Hartford, CN) and they have a Starbucks that stays open on the weekends. Most convention centers are not warm and inviting spaces, but this one is nicer than many.

Went to the Home Expo, planning on making some changes to the house. Went to see what was new and found a lot of ideas, but the wife was hook on the «soft tub» hot tub. It’s small and without water it only weighs 75 pounds. Sets up pretty quick and plugs into a regular 120 house outlet plug.
I found a lot of great ideas for the back yard patio that I want to do. We’ll see how energetic I get when the time comes to get down to busies.

They had the KY SHRM Conference here recently. The rooms were perfect and the audio/​visual equipment worked great. The temperature in the rooms was just right.
The Exhibitors and Meal area is a perfect set up too. ONLY thing is, the meals were lacking. Maybe I’ve been spoiled at other conventions in other cities. The lunch just started at noon and they already ran out of potatoes and soup. They only had 3 buffet table areas and they were closing two of those up… They just began lunch… What the heck? The food that was still there seemed sparse.
Meals…That is the one area that they need to improve on… unless they just had a bad week.

I flew in and out of here so quickly, it feels a little disingenuous to write a review… but…that’s never stopped me before! :P
Security was pretty straight forward, easy to navigate, comfortable seating (ended up with a 2 hour delay)) and, the staff I interacted with were friendly. If the quality of an airport experience was the only criteria to rate returning to visit a city… I’d definitely be back.
however…interactions with VERY lame, abusive, and grumpy police on 4^th st at bar close? Really? but, that’s another story… wonder if I can review the police department…

In my opinion, this place does NOT deserve a 2 star. I am actually surprised it doesn’t have more reviews as well. It is a huge convention center that attracts thousands of people. I’ve been here several times, for the Kentucky Derby Half-​Marathon expo and for the Deafestival that was recently held here. I gotta tell ya, if they are going to host such large events here, it would behoove them to take good care of it — and they do. In fact, I didn’t notice any glaring issues (which is again why I’m so surprised at the poor reviews).
The place is huge, and I don’t even think I’ve seen ¹⁄₃ of it. That’s the most confusing part. You can really struggle to find your way around — but every time I’ve been there a friendly security guard is available to point me in the right direction. So that’s convenient.
The other thing I want to say about this place is that during one of the hottest days I’ve experienced (105+), they had their air conditioning blasting throughout the place. And with hundreds of people in attendance, and super tall ceilings, that is an accomplishment. Also, the water fountains saved my life that day.
I’d say go ahead and rent out the place. The Deafestival was a huge success and an absolute blast! They even shut down the street to host an enormous benefit dinner outside.