·         Steel Work Progresses:  Over the next few months, the most recognizable progress on Great American Ball Park construction to the naked eye will be the ongoing structural steel installation.  Crews completed the framework for the scoreboard last month, and that structure now dominates the skyline above the work site.  This structure is only the beginning.  Steel will be installed in layers, with each “pass” building on the previous layer in a counterclockwise progression.

Pass 1:  View and terrace levels, scoreboard framework (now in progress)

Pass 2:  Upper seating bowl, upper decks and light towers

Pass 3:  Canopy and topping off of light towers

Steel in Place

o        Scoreboard framework

o        Lower decks in left field and along third base line

o        Supports and decking for parking structures

·         The View from the Cheap Seats:  One of the best places to view construction of the new ball park is still the red seats in Cinergy Field.  This weekend, fans will get their last chance to view the site from this angle as the Reds close out the 2001 season against the Phillies.  For now, fans can see the distinct shape of a ball yard coming into focus.  The scoreboard framework and lowest level of seating structures and field wall are in place in left field, steel is going up along the third base line, and construction of the floodwall is coming to an end.

When fans return in April there will be a much different view.  The structural steel skeleton and precast concrete seating support structures will be in place, obstructing the view of much of the site. 

·         Community Displays:  Although fall weather has limited the outdoor appearance opportunities for the architectural model, the traveling display continues to tour the community.

Upcoming Traveling Display Locations

October 1-8:  Kroger Building lobby, 1014 Vine St., downtown

October 8-19:  Hyde Park Public Library, 2747 Erie Ave., Hyde Park

October 29- November 12:  Chiquita Building lobby, 250 E. 5^th St.,       downtown

Note:  To date the traveling display has made appearances at 11 high-traffic areas and events throughout the community and will continue to do so throughout the project.