November 16, 2001

Play-By-Play

Great American Ball Park Update
Week of November 12

 
 

·         Bids Awarded:  The Hamilton County Board of Commissioners officially awarded one trade contract on Wednesday, November 7, 2001.  Details of the bid are as follows:

 

Bid

Winner

Amount

Estimate

% SBE

Glazing & Mirrored Glass

Geiger Construction, Inc. of Cincinnati

$75,937

$85,000

100

 

 

·         Visitor's Clubhouse Installation Begins:  Crews have begun interior work on the visiting team's clubhouse facilities. The clubhouse is located at field level along the third baseline side of the ball park behind the visitor’s dugout. Concrete block and cement is starting to help shape the internal structures of the clubhouse. Upon completion, the locker room will have facilities to rival any in baseball.

 

·         Indoor Media Vehicle Access: Work is underway on the media-vehicle access area.  When Great American Ball Park opens, media will be able to set up broadcast trucks and vans inside the confines of the park. Located beneath the superstructure along the outfield portion of the third base line, the media facilities will be second-to-none.  Great American Ball Park will be the first park to feature indoor media vehicle access and accommodations.

 

·         Parking Garage Construction Update:  Construction is well underway on the Great American Ball Park parking structures. Much of the main parking area is already in place on multiple levels. When finished, the service level will have approximately 487 parking spots and the mezzanine level will have 363 for a total of 850 spots within the park.

 

Fun Fact:  Upon completion the Great American Ball Park garage will be the longest parking facility in Greater Cincinnati.

 

·         Ball Park Display at RedsFest:  The traveling Great American Ball Park exhibit, as well as the architectural model of the new park, will be on display at the seventh annual RedsFest Celebration.  RedsFest VI will be held downtown at the Albert B. Sabin Convention Center on Friday, December 7 from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. and on Saturday, December 8 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

 

Other Upcoming Traveling Display Locations

November 12 - 30:  Montgomery Inn Boathouse, 925 Eastern Ave, Cincinnati

December 3 - 13:  Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County Main Library,                               800 Vine St., Cincinnati

 

 

 

For more information         Bill Wherle or Debra DeCourcy, APR

on next week’s ball park  Dan Pinger Public Relations, Inc.

activity, contact:                 (513) 564-0700

 

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