Great American Ball Park

Great American Ball Park
Great American Ball Park in 2015
Great American Ball Park
Location in Ohio
Great American Ball Park
Location in the United States
Address100 Joe Nuxhall Way
LocationCincinnati, Ohio, United States
Coordinates39°5′51″N 84°30′24″W / 39.09750°N 84.50667°W / 39.09750; -84.50667
Public transit Connector at The Banks
Metro
TANK
Red Bike
Parking850 spaces
OwnerHamilton County
OperatorCincinnati Reds
Capacity43,500 (2021–present)
42,319 (2008–2020)
42,271 (2003–2007)
Record attendance44,599 (2010 NLDS, Game 3)
Field sizeLeft Field – 328 ft (100 m)
Left-Center – 379 ft (116 m)
Center Field – 404 ft (123 m)
Right-Center – 370 ft (110 m)
Right Field – 325 ft (99 m)
Backstop – 55 ft (17 m)
SurfaceKentucky Bluegrass[1]
Construction
Broke groundAugust 1, 2000 (2000-08-01)
OpenedMarch 31, 2003 (2003-03-31)
Construction costUS$290 million
($496 million in 2024 dollars[2])
ArchitectHOK Sport/GBBN Architects
Project managerParsons Brinckerhoff, Inc.
Structural engineerGeiger[3]/THP Ltd.[4]
Services engineerM-E Engineers, Inc.[5]
General contractorHunt Construction Group, Inc.[6]
Main contractorsRLE Construction, Inc.[7]
Tenants
Cincinnati Reds (MLB) (2003–present)
Website
mlb.com/reds/ballpark

Great American Ball Park is a baseball stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds, and opened on March 31, 2003, replacing Cinergy Field (formerly Riverfront Stadium), the Reds' former ballpark from 1970 to 2002.[8] Great American Insurance bought the naming rights to the new stadium at US$75 million for 30 years.[9][10][11]

  1. ^ Lord, Stephen. "I can tell you that graphic isn't up to date no matter when it was posted. Field was changed to 💯 Kentucky Bluegrass in November 2019 by me, my staff, Moster Turf, and @TheMotzGroup". Twitter. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  2. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  3. ^ "Paul E. Gossen - Experience". Archived from the original on September 19, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  4. ^ Contacts for the Great American Ballpark/Reds Stadium (DL)
  5. ^ Mayers Electric Helps Revive the Cincinnati Riverfront
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference ballparks was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Emporis.com - Great American Ball Park
  8. ^ "Reds Ballparks". Reds.com. Archived from the original on April 27, 2007. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  9. ^ "About Us – Great American Insurance Group". Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  10. ^ Durgy, Edwin (October 18, 2011). "Former Forbes 400 Member And Cincinnati Reds Owner Carl Lindner Dies At 92". Forbes. Forbes, LLC. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  11. ^ Rofé, John (June 30, 2000). "Great American Insurance buys rights to name new Reds ballpark". bizjournals.com. Cincinnati Business Courier. Retrieved January 25, 2022.