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Baseball With its opening on March 31, 2003, Great American Ball Park became the second ballpark to be built on the banks of the Ohio River. In the mid 1990\'s the Reds and the Bengals (NFL) began to want separate modern stadiums, after sharing Cinergy Field for nearly three decades. In 1996, Hamilton County voters approved a bond to build new stadiums for the Reds and Bengals. In July 1998, the Reds announced that their new ballpark would be built between Cinergy Field and US Bank Arena, in an area known as the \'wedge\'. Groundbreaking for the ballpark took place on October 4, 2000. In order for construction to begin on the ballpark, 14,000 seats had to be removed from the outfield of the Reds former home, Cinergy Field. For two years, Reds fans were able to watch the new ballpark rise beyond the outfield of Cinergy Field. Great American Insurance bought the naming rights to the ballpark for $75 million over 30 years, thus the stadium was named Great American Ball Park. The Cincinnati Reds christened their second ballpark on the riverfront on March 31, 2003. Great American Ball Park is a combination of new and old ballparks and provides an ballpark, field, reds, great, fans, located, american, left, foul, second, right, pole, outfield, three, new, crosley, cinergy, built, baseball, two, terrace, seats, park, opening, deck, building, beyond, between, ball, about, 2003, years, wall, views, upper