The KFC Yum! Center Gets Cleaned Up with a Power-Washing Drone

Can you wash a car with a power washer? I'm asking for a friend. I think the answer is no. I guess the car wash is kind of like that. But how do you wash the outside of an over 700,000 square foot arena?

I've seen houses power-washed, but they've been mostly one-story or ranch-type dwellings. I didn't know that larger, I'm assuming, houses or large buildings can be power-washed. Again, one very large building, an arena, got power-washed for the very first time; the KFC Yum! Center in Downtown Louisville. Check this out!

This is mind-blowing. Here's the other shocking part, the Yum! Center's exterior has never been washed like this since it opened in 2010. Yes, it's been washed but never as expertly as this; conventional methods can't cover every inch and 103,968.000 square inches is a lot.

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Here are some facts about the arena's interior that we all know and love:

Seating
The arena has 22,090 seats for basketball, making it the largest arena in the US designed primarily for basketball. It can also accommodate up to 23,000 people for concerts.
Records
The arena's attendance record for a sporting event is 22,815, set in 2013 for a men's basketball game against Notre Dame. The attendance record for any event is 23,085, set in 2019 for a Metallica concert. On June 8, 2024, the arena hosted the highest-grossing US UFC Fight Night of all time, with 19,578 fans and a revenue of $2,500,652.
Other features
The arena has a 40,000-pound center-hung scoreboard, 130 miles of electrical conduit, 322 miles of electrical wiring, and 9,000 light fixtures. It also has eight bars and lounges, four meeting rooms, and a large exterior plaza with city views.

Last year, it was reported that the facility had brought in nearly a billion dollars in economic impact in under a decade. One notable event from last year was Morgan Wallen's show in April; it posted the venue's largest-ever grossing ticket sales.