Craig,
While Great American gets a bad rap for not having much entertainment nearby I think there are many options for you if you're willing to look around a little. As far as parkings concerned there are lots nearby, but on my budget I park in the Fountain Square Garage on 5th and Vine or in what we call the "gravel lot" west of Great American and Across from Paul Brown Stadium and are great if you're willing to walk. For a visitor I'd recommend Fountain Square. There are a few resturants nearby (I'd recommend Rock Bottom Brewery. You can check out Game Day Cafe which is a short walk east of the stadium which is also a pretty good sports bar or the In Between Tavern is not bad either. If your budget and time permits you need to get to Montgomry Inn, which is a short drive from the stadium. As far as hotels the Hyatt downtown is really nice and there are a few other pretty good hotels downtown. If you're shopping in my price range there's a travel lodge in newport right across the river and you can see the park from the balcony. I'm not sure how nice it is but its a very easy walk across the bridge to the park and close to Neport on the Levee, with all sorts of resturant and bar choices. Staying here would also take care of parking as well as would staying downtown. Haufbrau haus in Newport is also a fun bar to go to after games if you're into drinking huge mugs of beers and dancing on tables while dancing to polka. Hope this helps. GO REDS!
Hey Craig! Just found this site last night, gonna start setting up my page soon. I am down to 1 park left to see now. As of August 25, 2006, I had seen them all, but with the opening of Nationals Park, I am down 1. Gonna wait until the 2 new ones in NY are open and hit those 3 together.
thanks craig, the few that are left are ones I'm waiting for a new ballpark to be built, like Oakland, Florida, NY Mets, and have yet to see Washington's new one. How was the game at Chase Field, i was in Phoenix, but the Dbacks were not in town so i just got a park tour?
Craig,
I just checked out the push pin thing. That is cool. I look forward to adding that. I have a couple of other friends who have a life goal to see all of the parks so I'll send them the link to the site. This is going to be a lot of fun.
Les
PS-I like the name idea, good suggestion.
One question I have: do you have a way to log which ballparks you've been to, besides us just listing them? I think it would be great if you could just have a log of some sort. I realize you guys are just starting out so you have a lot to do. If we could track at least our major league ballparks, that would be fantastic. Beggers can't be choosers, but if eventually it included minor league or possibly college, international...just a thought. Hope I'm not asking for too much my first day here. LOL
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While Great American gets a bad rap for not having much entertainment nearby I think there are many options for you if you're willing to look around a little. As far as parkings concerned there are lots nearby, but on my budget I park in the Fountain Square Garage on 5th and Vine or in what we call the "gravel lot" west of Great American and Across from Paul Brown Stadium and are great if you're willing to walk. For a visitor I'd recommend Fountain Square. There are a few resturants nearby (I'd recommend Rock Bottom Brewery. You can check out Game Day Cafe which is a short walk east of the stadium which is also a pretty good sports bar or the In Between Tavern is not bad either. If your budget and time permits you need to get to Montgomry Inn, which is a short drive from the stadium. As far as hotels the Hyatt downtown is really nice and there are a few other pretty good hotels downtown. If you're shopping in my price range there's a travel lodge in newport right across the river and you can see the park from the balcony. I'm not sure how nice it is but its a very easy walk across the bridge to the park and close to Neport on the Levee, with all sorts of resturant and bar choices. Staying here would also take care of parking as well as would staying downtown. Haufbrau haus in Newport is also a fun bar to go to after games if you're into drinking huge mugs of beers and dancing on tables while dancing to polka. Hope this helps. GO REDS!
What a great idea for a website!!
Go Reds!
My favorite park that isn't around where I live is actually Safeco.
I remember some idiot who spoke at the wedding!
I just checked out the push pin thing. That is cool. I look forward to adding that. I have a couple of other friends who have a life goal to see all of the parks so I'll send them the link to the site. This is going to be a lot of fun.
Les
PS-I like the name idea, good suggestion.
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