Region VII
Region VII
Spouse Event 1:
Tour of the Historic Seelbach Hilton Hotel
Friday – July 28, 2023 1:30 pm OR 3:30 pm
(Updated March 1, 2023)
ASHRAE 2023 Region VII CRC Companion Tour Information
The Region VII CRC and host Louisville Chapter are excited to offer this tour at the Historic Seelbach Hotel on Friday, July 28, 2023.
Larry Johnson, the hotel historian, joined the Seelbach team as a bellman in 1982. In his book, “The Seelbach: A Centennial Salute to Louisville’s Grand Hotel,” Johnson covers the stories of the hotel since its opening in 1905. He gathered information from news articles, books and people over his 40-year career at the hotel. (Source)
Meet Larry Johnson, your tour guide, in the Hotel Lobby at 1:15 pm OR 3:15 pm. The tour takes around 90 minutes.
Spouse Event 2:
Backstretch Breakfast Tour
Saturday – July 29, 2023 8:00 am
(Updated March 1, 2023)
Experience the authenticity of the backside of the race track during a rail side breakfast in the Track Kitchen…
There's no experience quite like a once-in-a-lifetime chance to spend a morning on a private backside tour at Churchill Downs Racetrack. Your group will get a behind the scenes view of Thoroughbred racing at the "World's Most Legendary Racetrack.” Along with more than 1,400 stalls that are mostly all full during the peak season, enjoy breakfast in the Horsemen’s Track Kitchen, see the horses training rail side, catch them during a bath and learn about life at the track. Be sure to bring your cameras because on any given day of training, visitors will get an up close and personal view of the horses, jockeys, trainers, and other connections who live the sport of horse racing! This tour is exclusive to groups visiting the Kentucky Derby Museum and not available to the general public.
Preset Breakfast Menu:
Scrambled Eggs, Bacon or Sausage, Biscuits & Gravy, Grits
Milk / Juice / Coffee / Tea
Tentative Itinerary:
8:00 am - Leave Seelbach Hilton
8:30 am - Backstretch Breakfast and Tour
10:00 am - Historic Walking Tour of Churchill Downs
10:40 am - The Great Race film
11:00 am - Kentucky Derby Museum exhibits open
12:00 pm - Return to Seelbach Hilton
