Riverfront Stadium

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Riverfront Stadium-Cinergy Field
Riverfront Stadium
Earlier names

Riverfront Stadium (1970–1995)
Cinergy Field (1996–2002)

Data
place United StatesUnited States Cincinnati , Ohio
Coordinates 39 ° 5 '48 "  N , 84 ° 30' 30"  W Coordinates: 39 ° 5 '48 "  N , 84 ° 30' 30"  W.
owner City of Cincinnati
start of building 1st February 1968
opening June 30, 1970
demolition December 29, 2002
surface Artificial turf (1970–2000)
turf (2001–2002)
costs $ 45 million
architect Heery & Heery
FABRAP
capacity 1970–2000: 52,952 (baseball), 59,754 (football)
2001–2002: 39,000 (baseball)
playing area 1970-2000:
Left Field - 100 m
Left Center - 114 m
Center Field - 120 m
Right Center - 114 m
Right Field - 99 m

2001-2002:
Left Field - 99 m
Left Center - 110 m
Center Field - 120 m
Right Center - 114 m
Right Field - 99 m
Societies)

The Riverfront Stadium was a baseball and football stadium on the Ohio River in Cincinnati , Ohio in the United States .

history

Construction of the stadium began on February 1, 1968. The construction costs amounted to 48 million US dollars and were comparatively low. The Cincinnati Reds opened the stadium on June 30, 1970 with a home game against the Atlanta Braves . The first home run in the new stadium was made by Hank Aaron .

The stadium was home to the NFL team Cincinnati Bengals from 1970 to 1999 , which then moved to the new Paul Brown Stadium . In January 1982, the Bengals played the AFC final at Riverfront Stadium and won one of the coldest NFL games of all time. Furthermore, the baseball team Cincinnati Reds from the MLB carried its home games from 1970 to 2002 at Riverfront Stadium. The Reds moved to the new Great American Ball Park for the 2003 season .

Name change

The Riverfront Stadium was renamed Cinergy Field in September 1995. It was named after the sponsor Cinergy Corporation, a former energy supplier based in Cincinnati.

particularities

Riverfront Stadium was the first ballpark in which the playing field was made entirely of artificial turf . The first game of a World Series ever to be played on artificial turf took place in the Riverfront Stadium on the occasion of the 1970 World Series .

Demolition and new buildings

The stadium was blown up

The Bengals football team was the first of the two clubs to leave the stadium. On August 19, 2000, the Paul Brown Stadium, which is only a few meters west of the old stadium, opened.

In order to realize the construction of the new ballpark for the Cincinnati Reds, the capacity of the Riverfront Stadium had to be reduced during the construction of the Great American Ball Park. The reason for this was that the new ball park was built directly to the east of the old stadium.

After the end of the 2002 MLB season, the stadium was blown up .

Web links

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