SETC 2020 in Louisville

Enjoy an Easy-to-Navigate Convention in the Beautifully Redesigned KICC

by Lee Crouse, SETC Vice President of Services

Seven years after the last SETC Convention in Louisville, SETC returns in 2020, this time to the newly refurbished Kentucky International Convention Center (KICC). Louisville spent $207 million to renovate the space to create a great convention experience for visitors.

Closed for two years for major renovations, the Kentucky International Convention Center opened for business again in August 2018.

The new center has the capacity to host all of our events on-site in one enclosed space, with the exception of the High School and Community Theatre Festivals (locations to be announced).

The renovated convention center boasts:

• a natural light-filled and community-engaging design reflecting Louisville’s bourbon culture;

• 52 meeting rooms and a 175-seat tiered conference theatre;

• a 40,000-square-foot, column-free ballroom, with color-changing LED walls;

• more than 200,000 square feet of contiguous Class A exhibit space;

• a 15,000 meals-per-day kitchen capacity;

• a coffee-by-day, bourbon-by-night experience called Oak & Brew.

In addition to the renovations at KICC, Louisville also has seen a major change in the hotel scene in recent years. A number of downtown hotels have renovated their spaces, and additional hotels have been built since SETC last held its convention there in 2013.

Louisville is excited to host SETC once again! See you there Feb. 26 to March 1 for the 2020 SETC Convention.