Loading ...Daedalus is remembering Riverfront Stadium, or The House That Pete Built, as she calls it.
I have fond memories of that old monstrosity, as well. Many of us were introduced to the Reds in Riverfront. We watched our games as kids up in the red seats. Those are good memories, regardless of how the stadium paled in comparison to the luxury of Great American Ballpark.
My parents — for this, I’ll always be indebted — took my brother and I to Riverfront at least once every summer. That was a big deal to us, since we lived four hours away. Many years, as my brother and I learned how to beg, we went as often as we could, around Little League games and school activities.
Yeah, it was a dump. But it was our dump.
I agree, Riverfront was a dump, but it was a dump I looked forward going to every summer because the Reds played there. I got to see Bench, Rose, Concepcion, Larkin, Seaver, Browning, Rijo and numerous others play there, and I will alway cherish the memories I have from the games I attended at Riverfront.
I have a bunch of Riverfront memories, bad teams, great teams, World Series. But the one that sticks in my mind was the “Ice Bowl” playoff game. Just brutal.
Great memories. Lousy arena for sports.
I never understood why there was never the desire to try to replicate Crosley.
Because Crosley’s capacity was about 30,000 and at the time EVERYONE was building multipurpose stadiums.
Nobody went retro until Camden Yard.
Plus they needed to play football in the same joint. From an environmental, economic, and land-use perspective, multi-use stadia are much smarter. We pay a hefty price for our aesthetics and to line the owners’ pockets.