| Water, Water Everywhere … With the
extreme weather conditions, anyone on or around the Great American Ball Park
jobsite this week surely noticed the swollen Ohio River just beyond the
floodwall.
According to the National Weather Service in Wilmington, OH, the river level initially peaked at 44.6 feet on Wednesday, February 19 at approximately 2:00 p.m. before beginning to recede. This is well below the official flood stage of 52.0 feet and considerably lower than the 70.4-foot level that it would take to overflow the ballpark floodwall. The Ohio River has reached the 70-foot mark only three times in recorded history: 1937 (79.9 feet), 1884 (71.1 feet) and 1773 (76 feet). As the snow and ice continue to accumulate, the river will once again be
on the rise. The adverse weather conditions have not interfered with the
construction schedule. |
||
| Ticket Sale Announced: Tickets for the
March 31 Opening Day game at Great American Ball Park will go on sale at 10
a.m. on Saturday, February 22. Tickets must be purchased via telephone at
(513) 381-REDS and (877) 647-REDS or by visiting
www.cincinnatireds.com <http://www.cincinnatireds.com/>.
Prices will range from $5 to $30 and will include an additional $5 surcharge
per ticket. There is a limit of 4 tickets per fan.
Tickets for the March 28-29 exhibition games against the Cleveland
Indians and all other games will go on sale the following Saturday, March 1
at 9:00 a.m. Tickets for these games will be available at Great American
Ball Park ticket windows, the Reds Dugout Shop in the Westin Hotel downtown,
www.cincinnatireds.com <http://www.cincinnatireds.com/>
and at all
www.tickets.com <http://www.tickets.com/>
outlets. |
||
|
For more information on next week’s ball park activity, contact: |
Barnard Baker Dan Pinger Public Relations, Inc. (513) 564-0700 |
|
###