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From 1974 to 1996, Louisville Sluggers were actually made in Jeffersonville, Indiana, just across the Ohio River at a facility called Slugger Park, while H&B maintained corporate offices on Broadway in Louisville. [11] Starting in the early 1990s, H&B CEO John A. "Jack" Hillerich III began looking to move production back to Louisville.
In 2005, Hillerich & Bradsby sold its majority interest in its Louisville TPS hockey equipment business. [10] TPS Hockey was acquired three years later by Sher-Wood.. In 2015, Hillerich and Bradsby sold its Louisville Slugger division to Wilson Sporting Goods, an arm of Amer Sports which itself is an arm of the Chinese company Anta Sports.
By the 1880s, the depot was becoming too small to adequately serve all those who used it, and was in dire need of repair. However, the president of the L&N, Milton H. Smith refused to build a new station in Bowling Green after the citizens chartered a competing railroad, the Bowling Green & Ohio, that was to run east to Scottsville and connect ...
Thunder Over Louisville, the Kentucky Derby Festival's marquee event, is one of the nation's largest annual fireworks shows and the air show is consistently ranked in the top five in the country ...
Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory, showcases the history of the Louisville Slugger and baseball in general; National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, features a historical museum and a genealogical collection; General George Patton Museum of Leadership
Amer Sports, the parent company of 11 sports brands including Louisville Slugger, filed initial public offering paperwork to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange, Brendan Coffey of ...
The Louisville Slugger brand was controlled and manufactured by Hillerich & Bradsby from 1884 until 2015, when the brand was bought by Wilson. [15] [16] The brand complements Wilson's existing DeMarini subsidiary which also produces bats. Hillerich & Bradsby remains an independent business and continues to manufacture bats as an exclusive ...
The name was a dual reference to Louisville's location on the Ohio River and baseball bats, such as those manufactured locally under the Louisville Slugger brand. Their new logos incorporated a bat (the animal) swinging a baseball bat. [17] After a second season with the Brewers, Louisville entered into a new affiliation with the Cincinnati ...