The new facility had to be ready by the opening of the 1970 NFL season and was officially named Riverfront Stadium.

In 1970 the Bengals moved to play at Riverfront Stadium, a home they shared with the Cincinnati Reds until the team moved to Paul Brown Stadium in 2000.

The Cincinnati Reds proclaimed September 17, 1983, " Johnny Bench Night " at Riverfront Stadium.

His last game ever was at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium in the fifth game of the playoff series.

The Bengals went on to win their first ever playoff game by defeating the Buffalo Bills, 28-21, and then defeated San Diego Chargers, 27-7, in a game known as the Freezer Bowl because of the-59 windchill conditions at Riverfront Stadium.

* April 4 – Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth for the all-time home run record with his 714th at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.

* September 16 – Tom Browning of the Cincinnati Reds pitches the 12th perfect game in baseball history against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Riverfront Stadium.

* June 30 – Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati opens.

* September 11 – Pete Rose becomes the all-time hit leader in Major League Baseball with his 4, 192nd hit at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.

On July 14, 1970, in brand-new Riverfront Stadium ( opened just two weeks earlier ), Rose was involved in one of the most famous plays in All-Star Game history.

On July 4 of that season, at Riverfront Stadium, Ryan recorded his 3, 000th career strikeout, the victim being César Gerónimo of the Cincinnati Reds ( Gerónimo had also been Bob Gibson's 3, 000th strikeout victim, in 1974 ).

Riverfront Stadium

Since the 1999 season, the Bears have played their home games at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium.

The Bears inaugurated their new park, Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, in Newark on July 16, 1999.

County Route 508 splits from Route 21 by heading east on Bridge Street, crossing the Passaic River, and Route 21 continues north, passing by Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium before interchanging with Interstate 280.

Millvale Riverfront Park provides a 1. 7 mile bike and walking trail that provides access from Millvale to Pittsburgh's North Shore, PNC Park, and Heinz Stadium along the Three Rivers Heritage Trail.

During 2001 and 2002, the Green Monster's height record was temporarily beaten by the center field wall at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio.

During the construction of Great American Ball Park, located right next to Riverfront Stadium, a large section of seats was removed from the center field area to make room and a black wall was erected as a temporary batter's eye.

" When Riverfront Stadium was demolished in 2002, the Green Monster reclaimed the record.

( Riverfront Stadium was constructed at this location in 1970 and Leonard would later joke that he had been born at second base.

As was the case with other cities where this dual approach was tried ( other examples include RFK Stadium in Washington, D. C .; Shea Stadium in New York City, the Astrodome in Houston ; Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta ; Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis ; Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati ; and Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh ), the fundamentally different sizes and shapes of the playing fields made the stadium inadequate to the needs of either sport.

This " sliding pit " configuration was first introduced by Cincinnati with the opening of Riverfront Stadium on June 30, 1970.

It opened in 2003, replacing Cinergy Field ( formerly Riverfront Stadium ), which had been their home field from June 1970 to 2002.

On June 30, 1970, the Reds hosted the Atlanta Braves in their grand opening, with Hank Aaron hitting the first ever home run at Riverfront.

Two weeks later on July 14, 1970, Riverfront hosted the 1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

The World Series had visited the Reds ' previous home, Crosley Field, just three times in its final 31 years, ( 1939, 1940, 1961 ) but it came to Riverfront in its first year ( 1970 ) and a total of four times in the stadium's first seven years, with the Reds winning back-to-back championships in 1975 and 1976.

Between 1970 and 1990 Riverfront Stadium also hosted 13 or more University of Cincinnati football games.

The " Findlay and Western " intersection was the home field of the Reds from 1884 until mid-season 1970, when the team moved to Riverfront Stadium.

However, delays in final construction of Riverfront Stadium, led to the Reds opening the 1970 season at Findlay and Western, against the Montreal Expos.

The " Findlay and Western " intersection was the home field of the Reds from 1884 through June 24, 1970, when the team moved to Riverfront Stadium.

In 1970, he umpired the final game at Forbes Field, as well as the first game at Riverfront Stadium.

In reality, they performed it in Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium during the 1970 World Series.

Following the quick completion of this stadium, the partnership gained a large business in developing sports facilities, including the $ 45 million Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1970.

Her on-field career began in 1970 when she rushed onto the field at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati and kissed Reds player Pete Rose.

The Reds moved to Riverfront Stadium in June, 1970, and Helms hit the first Cincinnati Reds home run on July 1.

Frick also stripped the fans of the right to vote for the starters, which they ’ d held since 1947 and wouldn ’ t hold again until 1970 ( ironically, the Reds ’ newly opened Riverfront Stadium would host the All-Star Game that year ).

* 1979 – In Cincinnati, Ohio, 11 fans are suffocated in a crush for seats on the concourse outside Riverfront Coliseum before a Who concert.

* September 9 – Riverfront Coliseum opens in Cincinnati.

* December 3 – In Cincinnati, Ohio, a stampede for seats at Riverfront Coliseum during a Who concert kills 11 fans ( band members were not made aware of the deaths until after the show ).

* Suffolk – Riverfront Golf Course – One 18 hole, par 71 course

In January 2012, the University of Michigan – Flint School of Management moved into the newly renovated second floor at Riverfront.

Riverfront Stadium hosted the 1988 AFC Championship, as the Bengals beat the Buffalo Bills 21 – 10 to advance to their second Super Bowl appearance.

* Riverfront Times – Behold the Forty

In a 1 – 0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers at Riverfront Stadium, Browning threw 72 of 100 pitches for strikes and did not run the count to three balls on a single batter.

Back at the friendly confines of Riverfront Stadium, the Reds tied the series at 3 – 3 with an 8 – 1 rout.

The Bengals played in their first AFC Championship Game defeating San Diego 27 – 7, limited a San Diego offense – which featured three future members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame: quarterback Dan Fouts, receiver Charlie Joiner, and tight end Kellen Winslow ; the offense also featured two superb running backs, Chuck Muncie, who led the NFL with 19 touchdowns, and multi-talented rookie James Brooks – to only 7 points at Riverfront Stadium in a temperature of nine degrees below zero with a wind-chill factor of minus 59.

* Dancin ' in the District ( Riverfront Park, Nashville, TN ) – 2005

On June 3, 1971, showing a knack for facing down powerful-hitting teams, Holtzman repeated his earlier feat with a no-hitter — the first ever at Riverfront Stadium — against the defending league champion Cincinnati Reds, blanking the " Big Red Machine " 1 – 0 during what would prove to be his final year with the Cubs.

Soccer and softball games are held on Alumni Field, while the Rutgers – Newark baseball team plays at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, a 6, 200-seat ballpark that is home to the Newark Bears, a minor-league professional baseball franchise.

In the 3 – 2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series at Riverfront Stadium, he pitched seven innings and left the game with a 2 – 1 lead.