Quarterly Media Tour: The next quarterly media tour of the Great American Ball Park construction site is scheduled for Thursday, June 20 at 1:00 p.m. Members of the media should meet at Gate 3 on the Plaza Level of Cinergy Field by 12:50 p.m.

Please note that because this is a construction site, media attending the event must be in proper attire. All participants must wear sturdy shoes and long pants. Shorts and skirts and gym shoes and high heels are considered inappropriate attire. The Project Safety Manager reserves the right to deny entry to anyone not properly dressed for the construction site.

All entrants to the construction area must sign a waiver prior to beginning the tour and are required to wear a regulation hard hat while on the site. 

·     Construction Update: Workers continue to make progress on all areas of Great American Ball Park. Following are some highlights:

°         Portions of the main scoreboard have been installed. Work will continue throughout the summer.

°         Work has begun on the field wall. Rebar is being placed along what will be the front row along the first base line.

°         The last bay of pre-cast seating in the View Level, against Cinergy Field, is now in place. Pre-cast seating work continues on the Field Level. This work precedes the eventual installation of seating.

·     Fun Fact: The Cincinnati Reds have announced that the color of the seats in Great American Ball Park will reflect the team’s namesake. Rather than the proposed forest green color, the team has opted to go with red.

The Hussey Seating Company, located in North Berwick, Maine, will manufacture the seats for the new ballpark. Hussey Seating has supplied seats for SAFECO Field (Seattle, WA), Qualcomm Stadium (San Diego, CA), Conseco Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, IN), Kaufman Stadium (Kansas City, MO) and the Pepsi Center (Denver, CO).