November 30, 2001

Play-By-Play

Great American Ball Park Update
Week of December 3

 
 

·         Bids Awarded:  The Hamilton County Board of Commissioners officially awarded one trade contract on Wednesday, November 21, 2001.  Details of the bid are as follows:

 

Bid

Winner

Amount

Estimate

% SBE

Signage & Graphics

 

 

Capital Manufacturing of Lansdale, PA

 

$1,361,642

$2,515,548

100

 

 

·         Work in Progress:  Crews continue to make notable progress in all areas of the ball park.  Following are a few of the areas currently underway:

bulletWorkers have made tremendous progress with the concessionaires' office areas. Block walls have been erected and the structure of the rooms has started to take shape.
bulletCrews have begun interior work on the event staff locker rooms.
bulletPrecast concrete seating risers continue to be installed in the lower seating levels counterclockwise from left field.  Crews have made the turn around home plate and have installed much of the structure along first base.
bulletThe structure of the visitors’ batting cage is taking shape beneath the third base line seating structure.
bulletElevated concrete slabs have been poured for elevated sections along the third base line.

 

·         Closing the Circle:  Crews will soon begin pouring the elevated concrete slab in the straight-away center field/batter’s eye area.  This is the last portion of the seating bowl structure to get underway.  Once installation begins, observers will have a clear vision of the confines of the new park.

 

·         Community Displays:  Two community displays are scheduled for this week, including an appearance by the architectural model and traveling display at the annual RedsFest activities.

 

Traveling Display Locations

December 3 - 13:              Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County

                              Main Branch,

                              800 Vine St., Cincinnati

 

Model & Traveling Display

December 7 - 8:  RedsFest VI at the Albert B. Sabin Convention Center,

                           Fifth & Elm, 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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