Great American Ball Park
Great American Ball Park is a baseball stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. It serves as 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. Great American Insurance bought the naming rights to the new stadium at US$75 million for 30 years.
Great American Ball Park in 2015 | |
| Address | 100 Joe Nuxhall Way |
|---|---|
| Location | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 39°5′51″N 84°30′24″W |
| Public transit | Connector at The Banks Metro TANK Red Bike |
| Parking | 850 spaces |
| Owner | Hamilton County |
| Operator | Cincinnati Reds |
| Capacity | 43,500 (2021–present) 42,319 (2008–2020) 42,271 (2003–2007) |
| Record attendance | 44,599 (2010 NLDS, Game 3) |
| Field size | Left 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) |
| Surface | Kentucky Bluegrass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | August 1, 2000 |
| Opened | March 31, 2003 |
| Construction cost | US$290 million ($480 million in 2023 dollars) |
| Architect | HOK Sport/GBBN Architects |
| Project manager | Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc. |
| Structural engineer | Geiger/THP Ltd. |
| Services engineer | M-E Engineers, Inc. |
| General contractor | Hunt Construction Group, Inc. |
| Main contractors | RLE Construction, Inc. |
| Tenants | |
| Cincinnati Reds (MLB) (2003–present) | |
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