However, after the death of former pitcher and longtime broadcaster Joe Nuxhall in 2007, the address was changed to 100 Joe Nuxhall Way. The original address of Great American Ball Park was 100 Main Street. Features Ī view of Great American Ball Park, including The Gap. The Reds put in $5 million for improvements, which included two new bars and upgraded concession stands. The ballpark hosted the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. MSA Design has been the Official Architect of the Cincinnati Reds since 2009. It was fully demolished on December 29, 2002. The limited construction space necessitated the partial demolition of Cinergy Field. Bank Arena, previously Riverfront Coliseum). It is located on the plot of land between the former site of Riverfront Stadium (currently, The Banks mixed-use development) and Heritage Bank Center (previously, U.S. Great American Ball Park was built by the architectural firms HOK Sport (now Populous) and GBBN at a cost of approximately US$290 million. Nearby Paul Brown Stadium broke ground in 1998 and was opened on August 19, 2000.
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The Reds and the Bengals had previously shared occupancy of Riverfront Stadium, but by the mid-1990s, they complained that the multi-purpose stadium lacked amenities necessary for small-market professional sports teams to compete and each lobbied for venues of their own. According to the lease agreement, the Reds owed $2.5 million in rent annually for years 1–9 to Hamilton County, and owe $1 annually for years 10-35 of the contract. In 1996, Hamilton County voters passed a ½% sales tax increase to fund the construction of new venues for both the Reds and the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL).
Great American Insurance bought the naming rights to the new stadium at US$75 million for 30 years. It serves as the home stadium of the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB), and opened on March 31, 2003, replacing Cinergy Field (formerly Riverfront Stadium), the Reds' home field from 1970 to 2002. Great American Ball Park is a baseball stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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