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L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium

L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium in Louisville, KY, home of Louisville. Capacity 60,000. Opened September 5, 1998.

L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium in Louisville, KY
L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium, Louisville, KYPhoto: Perthsider, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
60,000
Opened
1998
Surface
FieldTurf Revolution
Roof
Open air
Elevation
455 ft
Home team
Louisville
Louisville here
115–⁠47 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
three times

Since it opened: Louisville is 130–⁠52 in home games from the 1998 season on. Our source names a game’s stadium only from 2001, so that count takes every earlier home game not marked neutral and may include a few played elsewhere.

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2001 on: title and postseason games, meetings of two ranked teams, upsets by our pregame Elo ratings and the biggest swings in CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium by season, 2001 to 202620k30k40k50k60k70k2001: 38,493 a game over 5 games; biggest 40,4792002: 36,473 a game over 6 games; biggest 42,6602003: 36,771 a game over 6 games; biggest 40,4322004: 39,315 a game over 3 games; biggest 40,2202005: 41,001 a game over 6 games; biggest 42,6922006: 41,482 a game over 6 games; biggest 43,2172007: 39,881 a game over 6 games; biggest 42,1852008: 39,680 a game over 8 games; biggest 42,6962009: 32,450 a game over 6 games; biggest 39,9482010: 50,648 a game over 7 games; biggest 55,3272011: 48,538 a game over 6 games; biggest 53,2672012: 49,991 a game over 7 games; biggest 55,3862013: 52,914 a game over 7 games; biggest 55,3322014: 52,972 a game over 6 games; biggest 55,4282015: 49,069 a game over 6 games; biggest 55,3962016: 54,065 a game over 6 games; biggest 55,6322017: 46,160 a game over 6 games; biggest 55,5882018: 50,251 a game over 7 games; biggest 54,9232019: 49,913 a game over 6 games; biggest 58,1872020: 11,469 a game over 6 games; biggest 12,1202021: 43,966 a game over 7 games; biggest 55,0182022: 41,692 a game over 6 games; biggest 46,4592023: 51,252 a game over 7 games; biggest 59,2252024: 50,863 a game over 6 games; biggest 59,1152025: 50,292 a game over 8 games; biggest 51,3812026: 48,121 a game over 2 games; biggest 50,199200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

59,225Kentucky at Louisville2023
59,115Miami at Louisville2024
59,081Notre Dame at Louisville2023
58,187Notre Dame at Louisville2019
55,632Florida State at Louisville2016

Bars are each season’s average crowd, dots its biggest (the record in orange), the dashed rule today’s capacity. Attendance is on file for most games from 2001 on.

College GameDay here

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium three times, first in 2016.

Sep 19, 2020Miami 47, Louisville 34Inside Cardinal Stadium
Sep 16, 2017Clemson 47, Louisville 21Grawemeyer Hall
Sep 17, 2016Louisville 63, Florida State 20Outside Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (CC BY-SA).

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database). Game days: the day’s high and snowfall at the NOAA station nearest the stadium, for Louisville’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Also known as
Cardinal Stadium
Former names
Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium (1998–⁠2018)
Cardinal Stadium (2018–⁠2023)
Opened
September 5, 1998
Architect
Rosser International
Luckett & Farley
Surface over the years
FieldTurf Revolution
Expanded
2010, 2018
Record crowd
59,225 (November 25, 2023)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium.

From above

100 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 280 by 330 meters (910 by 1,070 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 9, 2026Louisville 44, Florida State 20
Sep 26, 2026Wake Forest 30, 16Louisville 27
Sep 19, 202623Louisville 41, 16SMU 31
Sep 11, 202624Louisville 59, Villanova 13
Nov 29, 2025Louisville 41, Kentucky 0
Nov 14, 2025Clemson 20, 19Louisville 19
Nov 8, 2025California 29, 14Louisville 26
Oct 25, 202519Louisville 38, Boston College 24
Oct 4, 202524Virginia 30, Louisville 27
Sep 20, 2025Louisville 40, Bowling Green 17
Sep 5, 2025Louisville 28, James Madison 14
Aug 30, 2025Louisville 51, Eastern Kentucky 17

Pouring rights

PepsiCo has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2025. Official source.