Riverfront Stadium, Home of the Cincinnati Reds, Goes Away

[coketherealthing]

I don't even live here and it's sad for me to see, but is that the new one next to it?Because I'm coming over to see The Rock Show Paul McCartney

[TheKidWhoWantsToWin]

Waste of money.

[rredhawk]

First MLB game I ever attended was in this ball park on May 16th 1971, which turned out to be a bitter-sweet experience as I watched the Reds get clobbered by the Expos. I was 8 years old.

[moparmaniajak]

wat year was this?

[snapppo]

@moparmaniajak 02-03 GABP ( Great American Ball Park has been from 03

[rayjr62]

Sad, and I guess everything memorable must come to an end.

[jamesilicious]

historic stadium....bengals and reds games

[stangsaleens7]

Riverfront Was the best place to start the wave.

[ChevyRoll48]

yet left center of Cinergy field was gone first

[steve0englewoodFL]

I saw the 2nd game at Riverfront, July 1st or 2nd (don't remember), Reds vs Braves. The great Wayne Simpson pitched a complete game. God, it was so hot that night.

As an ex-Norwood guy who moved to Fl in 2001 I have great memories of ol' Riverfront, how can you not, The Big Red Machine, the magical night that Pete returned in 1984 vs the Cubs, the Bengals Freezer Bowl game. Seems like they just built the place, but alas-----

[Argent5977]

i live in cincy and i remember standing on my schools playground hearing that echo throughout the city. i dont remember the old statium but i still miss it because it was part of my childhood, but the new one is great too

[bradr29]

R.I.P. Riverfront, lots of great memories

So far ZERO memories at "GABP" and PBS

[tabbygail7]

And with that goes the last shred of greatness that once was the Reds.

[bb10house]

I can't believe it was torn down. I remember Crosley Field, seeing baseball there, seeing the Beatles there! Then Riverfront Stadium was built. Glad I have a nice framed pic I took from the River before they did this.

[mcnasty2113]

I have gone to a few games as a kid to Riverfront and even then I thought it was garbage. New ballpark is the bomb.

[wesley8173]

so sad. saw my first game here in 95, 8 years old. Barry Larkin hit a grand slam against the Astros and Ron Gant hit a two run homer.

[ronpaul08supporter]

very sad...I went to some games there as a kid too, in the late 80's back with Sabo, Buddy Bell, Larkin, and Pete Rose- Mgr. Riverfront, you are missed

[mbaehner]

@wesley8173

Barry Larkin did not hit his 1st major league grand slam until 2001 against the Mets in Cincinnati. It took him like 6,800+ at bats to accomplish this.

[VolvoForLife850]

@mbaehner yes, you are correct, but he was still a great baseball player!

[reds1357]

Wow. I never saw this. It's sad to see it go. I first went there to a Reds-Braves game in 1973. I saw Don Gullett (my hero) hit a HR vs. the Pirates in the 1975 NLCS game 1.

[jacketscrazy]

i practily lived at riverfront

[elbob17]

Riverfront will always be my stadium. I was so comfortable there. I'll never forget the first time the bright green astroturf came into view. I saw a lot of baseball in that place. A lot of bad baseball too but I loved it all.

[shade881993]

biggpapi09 has NO CLUE on what he is talking about, and needs to learn to spell Cincinnati correctly.

He gets an F+ on his baseball history (1869 start for Red Stockings was right, as was Boston and Milwaukee being the early homes of the Braves), and an F on his spelling.

[vcunstopable]

its easy, although i thought it was hard at first. just think of it like this. cin-cin-nati. it helps me remember how to spell it

[jaredadam78]

sad to see it go. lot of childhood memories at that place

[figliodigiacomo]

theres kentucky!

[italianbeast829]

i died in the explosion

[superadamguy]

dude id hate 2 clean that up!

[buckeyefan500]

wow thats cool you can see the cameras on the other side of the river

[TeamCOBAINRCN88]

I LOVED THIS PLACE

[ncarrico]

Uhhh??? perhaps you should learn how to spell Cincinnati first.

[plexiglastoilet]

I got to see the implosion from the Scripps Howard building. :)

[jonnie03]

that stadium was my first MLB game when i was young

[Higley11292]

So sad.