The Stadiums of Cincinnati Ohio

The Stadiums of Cincinnati…

Disclaimer: Some clips were filmed on different days.

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Brian from San Francisco

Lanskeith17

[CUBJsg]

Few things I’d love to point out for viewers who might not frequent or have ever visited Cincinnati. First about downtown in between the Bengals and Reds stadium and the jumbo uncapped parking lot. That area, now called the Banks, used to have NOTHING there about 10 years ago. Starting from the Reds side, tons of bars, restaurants and apartments have sprung up there since 2015. They’ll eventually finish the whole street and section, but they’ve made a ton of progress just in the last 10 years. Secondly, about Nippert Stadium, the stadium sits in the middle of the University Campus and has 2 dining halls and multiple class rooms in addition to being open as a public park when not hosting events.

[WillieBolt]

Bro’s dissin on the bengals stadium when the Browns haven’t even hosted a home playoff game. 😂😂😂😂

[marniusvanderlubbe]

That's cool Cincinnati just let's you walk around the stadium whenever. I wish you could do that at every stadium

[vernonb]

The reason the football stadium has its offices at the stadium is because they have the entire facolity in the stadium. Fields weight room offices classrooms everything. Also why it cost more.

[andrewmojzer]

He understates Nippert being open to the public. A lot of college stadiums will open their gates to the public, but Nippert is less a building and more built INTO the campus. It's dug below ground and sits in the middle of campus. Students will walk its concourse to get to classes and they'll sit in the stands to eat lunch. It's really like its own campus quad that sometimes hosts football games.

[MrThecroatian]

Good video, but that was pretty bold of you going around Cincinnati wearing a Browns bucket hat.

[ColeAdams]

Glad you finally got to see Nippert! Great video man.

[Douchemaster_McChest]

When I was in Grad School at UC in the late '80s-mid '90s, Nippert was a dump at first. They had just completed the Shoemaker Center (basketball arena) around that time and basically to make room for it had to demolish some historic maintenance building that was in the open ended end of Nippert, and demolish a couple other buildings, including the book store. After all that area (and surrounding area) was demolished and the basketball arena completed, they started on a renovation of Nippert itself. At that time, the football team was independent and mostly played other independent schools (at that time, ) who were powerhouses that used to stomp them every year, such as Miami (Florida), Penn St., Florida St. and Viginia Tech. Nippert, at that time, barely sat 25, 000 fans and they had to schedule some of their home games at Riverfront Stadium when they faced the big schools to accommodate the visiting fans. The football team finally joined a conference in the mid '90s when the Metro and Great Midwest conferences merged to form Conference USA (UC's other sports were in both the Metro and Great Midwest conferences at some point prior to the merge.) Shortly after that the NCAA implemented a rule that in order to remain Division I in football, all stadiums had to be able to accommodate a certain amount of seating. So, Nippert got another renovation to add more seating. Then in the '00s, right before they joined the Big East, they had another renovation to upgrade the football stadium and surrounding facilities to make it more appealing and increase seating again. Then, like you stated in the video, the 2015 renovation was the big renovation to add more seating, via luxury boxes and new press boxes, and to try to entice Power 5 conferences to invite them as an expansion school. Of course, originally The Big 12 said at that time they were going to expand then and invite a handful of schools and after all the hopefuls had poured money into upgrades and renovations, The Big 12 pulled the carpet out from under them. Thankfully, as we all know now, UC, UCF, Houston, along with BYU, finally got their invite to the Big 12 for 2023 season (8 years after pouring money into the upgrades and renovations to the stadium and facilities.)

Also, announced last year, UC is in the process of another upgrade/addition to facilities that will cost $134 million. A brand new indoor practice facility is the bulk of it being 84, 000 square feet. Other sports teams at UC will be allowed to use it also when the football team isn't using it. Also a 96, 000 square foot performance center is also part of the new additions. This will be a state of the art facility similar to other power conference schools, containing new offices for the football program, athletic training rooms, sports performance weight room, fueling stations for football, nutrition stations for all sports, equipment rooms, mental health services, and a creative suite.

[mileDem]

U.S. Bank Arena home of the Cyclones. I didn't know the Ohio River was that

[archstanton]

Was at the Reds' stadium in 2021 to watch a game. Met some of the nicest fans.

[benjamin]

Nippert on Gameday cannot be beat. The stadium being right in the middle of campus makes for an absolutely electric atmosphere.

Back before FCC played in their new stadium they played at Nippert and my god it was an insanse experience.

Gameday activities aside, Nippert is one of the oldest and most historic stadiums still in use in today.

[peteg]

Your content is consistently good & this is one of your best videos

[Northcoastrails]

The two Ohio MLS teams have awesome stadiums

[RodericSpode]

I'm sure this wouldn't account for all of the price overage for Paul Brown Stadium, but the fact that it also contains the teams corporate offices, which is pointed out as unusual for NFL teams, must have added a substantial amount to the construction.

[Nohandle]

I think I’ve watched every one of your videos by now. Keep up the great work!

[Kevin_C_Leonard_]

If the Aussie guy behind the YouTube channel Wide World of Stadiums ever gets around to doing his own Cincinnati stadium video you've provided a template for him.

[weihuafischer]

A coworker of mine from Wisconsin was going to a Bearcat/Badger game at Nippert Stadium. He asked me where he could buy beer. He had a very dumbfounded look on his face as I explained there was beer for sale everywhere, including inside the stadium. I had no idea most college games don't serve alcohol. And after his beloved Badgers were beat, on Monday, he gave high praise to the party atmosphere and fun.

[randylochtefeld]

The home plate for Crosley Field is in the alley behind the City Gospel Mission

[deco]

Great job!
Hope you can make more videos like this in other cities and states!

[admirals]

I was hoping you would include Heritage Bank Center, home of the Cyclones. Technically an arena, I suppose. 'Sports venues of Cincinnati, OH' maybe?