Great American Ball Park

Great American Ball Park sits on the Ohio River in downtown Cincinnati, home to the Reds, one of the founding franchises of professional baseball. The park's riverboat-themed power stacks beyond center field pay tribute to the city's steamboat heritage, and fireworks fire off them after every Reds home run and win. Sightlines open straight onto the river and the Purple People Bridge, giving the ballpark one of the more distinctive backdrops in MLB. It's a lively, family-friendly gameday scene anchored by the club's deep roots as baseball's original professional team.

The ballpark opened on March 31, 2003, replacing Cinergy Field (formerly Riverfront Stadium) as the Reds' home. It hosted the 2015 MLB All-Star Game, drawing over 43,000 fans as the American League won 6-3 with Mike Trout named MVP. The park has also seen three no-hitters thrown by Reds pitchers — Homer Bailey in 2013, and later Jake Arrieta (2016) and Blake Snell (2024) pitching against Cincinnati — and Adam Dunn's 535-foot blast off the batter's eye toward the river stands as the longest home run in the stadium's history. Its riverfront setting and power stacks have become shorthand for Cincinnati's claim as the birthplace of professional baseball, tracing back to the 1869 Red Stockings.