 Paul
Brown Stadium
Cincinnati,
OH
Located along the banks of the Ohio
River and home of the Cincinnati Bengals, Paul Brown Stadium is known
as one of the best NFL stadiums. Prior to moving into Paul Brown
Stadium, the Bengals played at Riverfront Stadium, a multipurpose
stadium they shared with the Cincinnati Reds (MLB). As Riverfront
Stadium began to show its age during the 1990s and NFL teams
shifted towards building football
only stadiums, the Bengals focused on getting a new stadium built.
In 1991, Bengals owner Mike Brown suggested that Riverfront Stadium
was becoming an obsolete NFL stadium because it lacked an adequate
amount of
luxury suites and other amenities. Over the next several years, Brown
struggled to gain support for a new stadium for the Bengals. Rumors
began to swirl that the team might move to either Baltimore, Cleveland,
Los Angeles or Lexington, KY. However, in 1996 Hamilton County voters
approved a referendum allowing a new stadium to be built. Constructed just blocks away from Riverfront Stadium,
groundbreaking ceremonies occurred on April 25, 1998. Contrary to
most other teams in the NFL, the Bengals decided not to sell the
naming rights to the stadium. Instead they decided to honor their team
founder, Paul Brown, and name the stadium, Paul Brown Stadium.
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FACTS & FIGURES |
-Tenant: Cincinnati Bengals
-Capacity: 65,790
-Surface: Fieldturf
-Opened: September 10, 2000
-Naming Rights: Named after Paul Brown
-Architect: NBBJ
-Cost:
$450 Million
-Public Financing: 94.4%
-Private Financing: 5.6%
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