Bellarmine to play home basketball games at Freedom Hall

Bellarmine University, which is preparing for its inaugural season in NCAA Division I, will play their home men’s and women’s games in Freedom Hall under a multiyear agreement announced this week.

The Lexington Herald Leader says the just over 18-thousand seat Freedom Hall can accommodate 2,700 fans this season under Governor Beshear’s recommendation of capping attendance at 15 percent capacity to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Bellarmine’s Knights Hall seats nearly 2,200 for basketball and would have been restricted to just over 300 fans this season.