January30

The intense competition of Arenacross is making its way to Rupp Arena this weekend, February 4th and 5th. The AMA Arenacross Series is an extreme rough ride of high endurance motocross racing that is fun for the whole family!
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January27

The very popular Reds Caravan will visit Lexington on Sunday January 30th at The Shops at Lexington Center from 11:00 am-1:30 pm. The event is free to the public and fans will have the opportunity to interact with current and former players, broadcasters and members of the Reds front office staff.
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February9

As you may have seen yesterday on our Facebook or Twitter, we announced that Carrie Underwood is coming to Rupp Arena on June 13, 2010. She’ll be joined by special guests Craig Morgan and Sons of Sylvia for her first big headlining tour, “Play On Tour.” Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 12 at 10:00am. There will also be a pre-sale this week. In order to get your pre-sale password and info, be sure to sign up for Rupp Arena’s First In Line.
October19

The first annual Kentucky Proud Incredible Food Show took place a couple weeks ago, and we have already scheduled next year’s show for October 23rd & 24th, 2010! This year we had approximately 5,000 people come through the doors and sample anything from beer cheese to ice cream. We hope everyone enjoyed the show, and wanted to give you another chance to get a signed copy of Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill Cookbook. Read the rest of this entry »
September29

Dierks Bently is coming to Rupp Arena on November 14th, and will be joined by Gloriana. More details will be available soon and can be found on the event page on the Rupp Arena website. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10:00am.
September23

* We are no longer accepting RSVPs. We look forward to seeing those of you that did RSVP there. Anyone who missed out this time around, keep your eyes peeled, as this will hopefully be the first of many blog parties to come. *
Hello reader! Are you going to the Kings of Leon concert? Well then we have an extra special treat for you! Cosmic and the Rupp Arena Blog will be hosting the very first blog party before the Kings of Leon concert. All it takes to get into the party is a ticket to the concert and your name on the RSVP list. Read the rest of this entry »
September14
Do you have a Twitter account? C’mon, I know you are one of the 750,000 people following Coach Calipari. We just recently created a twibbon for you to show your support of Rupp Arena. For those who don’t know, a twibbon is an icon, logo, color or a variety of other things that can be added to your profile picture on Twitter to show your support for something. In our case, it’s the Rupp Arena logo, on top of a blue fade from the bottom. Show your support by clicking on “support this” below and add your name to the list of our supporters!
August3

As we mentioned earlier, the Sugarland Concert at Rupp Arena (from October 25th 2008) is going to be shown on primetime TV tonight on ABC at 8:00pm EST. In addition to that, the DVD/CD combo comes out tomorrow at Walmart of the whole concert. If you went to the show, be sure to check it out and see if you can spot yourself. If you were able to attend, then here is your chance to catch an awesome concert filmed here at Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY!
July23

This morning at 10:00am, we officially announced that Smackdown & ECW Live TV will be coming to Rupp Arena on October 13th. This will be a double-header event, both being taped to be aired on TV later. Currently, the lineup includes Rey Mysterio, Jeff Hardy, Chris Jericho, Kane, CM Punk, Christian, The Great Khali, Tommy Dreamer, Melina, and Michelle McCool. There will be more people announced later, and those announced are subject to change, but it looks like a solid group of people for a long night of wrestling.