Sports in Cincinnati

Sports in Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio is home to seven major sports venues, two major league teams, ten minor league teams, and hosts five college institutions with their own sports teams.

Venues

* Paul Brown Stadium – Football, (capacity 65,535)
* Great American Ball Park – Baseball (42,059)
* Nippert Stadium – University of Cincinnati football (35,000)
* U.S. Bank Arena – Hockey, basketball, football, soccer (17,000)
* Fifth Third Arena – University of Cincinnati athletics (13,176)
* Cincinnati Gardens – Hockey, basketball, boxing (11,498)
* Lindner Family Tennis Center – Tennis (Center Court: 10,500; Grandstand Court: 5,000; Court #3: 2,000)
* Cintas Center – Xavier University athletics (10,250)

Major league teams

* Cincinnati Reds, Major League Baseball
* Cincinnati Bengals, National Football League

Minor league teams

* Cincinnati Kings, PDL
* Cincinnati Cyclones, ECHL.
* Cincinnati Mighty Ducks, American Hockey League – voluntarily suspended as of 2005-2006 season due to lack of an NHL affiliate.
* Cincinnati Excite, American Indoor Soccer League 2005/2006 Champions.
* Cincinnati Dockers, USAFL
* Florence Freedom, Frontier League
* Southern Ohio Patriots, USFA
* Mt. Carmel FIRE, USFA
* Kings Comets, MCFL

Major colleges

NCAA Division I

* University of Cincinnati Bearcats; Big East
* Xavier University Musketeers; Atlantic 10
* Miami University RedHawks; MAC

maller colleges

* The Union Institute
* [http://www.msj.edu The College of Mount St. Joseph]
* Northern Kentucky University Norse
* Indiana Wesleyan University
* Thomas More College

Other Sporting Events

The suburb of Mason hosts the professional international tennis event, the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters & Women's Open. The men's Masters is one of the nine ATP Masters Series events, and the Women's Open is the only WTA Tour event in the Midwest.

Nearby Sparta, Kentucky is home to Kentucky Speedway.

In March, 2005 and 2006, the U.S. Bank Arena hosted the Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball tournament.

Every May since 2000, Cincinnati has hosted the annual Flying Pig Marathon which winds through downtown and Northern Kentucky.


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