Sports in Cincinnati
Sports in Cincinnati includes two major league teams, eleven minor league teams, and five college institutions with sports teams. Cincinnati also has seven major sports venues.
Major league teams
The Cincinnati Bengals started in the American Football League from 1968–1969, then after the AFL/NFL merger continued with the National Football League from 1970 to present.
The Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball were established in 1882.
Minor league teams
- FC Cincinnati, United Soccer League
- Cincinnati Kings, Premier Development League
- Cincinnati Cyclones, ECHL.
- Cincinnati Excite, American Indoor Soccer League 2005/2006 Champions.
- Cincinnati Dockers, USAFL
- Cincinnati Revolution, American Ultimate Disc League, established in 2010
- Florence Freedom, Frontier League (located in Florence, KY, 14 miles south of downtown Cincinnati)
- Kings Comets, MCFL
Major colleges
NCAA Division I
- Northern Kentucky University Norse: Horizon
- University of Cincinnati Bearcats; The American
- Xavier University Musketeers: Big East
- Miami University RedHawks; MAC
Smaller colleges
- Union Institute & University
- Mount St. Joseph University
- Cincinnati Christian University
- Thomas More College
Venues
- Paul Brown Stadium – Football, (capacity 65,535)
- Great American Ball Park – Baseball (42,059)
- Nippert Stadium – University of Cincinnati football, FC Cincinnati soccer (40,000 for football, 35,061 for soccer)
- U.S. Bank Arena – Hockey, basketball, football, soccer (17,556)
- Fifth Third Arena – University of Cincinnati athletics (13,176)
- Cincinnati Gardens – Hockey, Roller Derby, basketball, boxing (11,498)
- Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio – Tennis (Center Court: 11,000; Grandstand Court: 5,000; Court #3: 2,000)
- Cintas Center – Xavier University athletics (10,250)
- BB&T Arena in Highland Heights, Kentucky – Northern Kentucky University athletics (9,400)
Other sporting events
The suburb of Mason hosts the professional international tennis event, the Western & Southern Open. The men's Masters is one of the elite nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events, and the Women's tournament is a Premier event on the WTA Tour.
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. BB&T Arena, then known as The Bank of Kentucky Center, hosted the Elite Eight of the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship in 2012.
Every May since 2000, Cincinnati has hosted the annual Flying Pig Marathon which winds through downtown and Northern Kentucky.
A 2014 college basketball game that elevated brain tumor patient Lauren Hill to national prominence and was named Best Moment at the 2015 ESPY Awards was played at Cintas Center on the Xavier University campus.
Recreation
The Sphere - Cincinnati's Premier Sports Facility is home to two ice sheets that are home to the Queen City Steam travel hockey organization. It is also home to an inline hockey rink that has a large adult hockey league. http://www.inline.me There are also 6 basketball courts that host many tournaments, as well as, youth and adult leagues.
Within the urban core of the city and its immediate surroundings, the Steps of Cincinnati offer an urban hiking experience.[1]
Cincinnati and the surrounding metropolitan area has a multitude of disc golf courses.
Former professional teams
- Cincinnati Bengals (1937–1941), a member of the American Football League (1936). Competed in AFL II (1937), the minor AFL of 1938 (1939), and AFL III (1939-1940).
- Cincinnati Celts, played in the unofficial "Ohio League" and the American Professional Football Association (renamed the National Football League in 1922).
- Cincinnati Blades, team that competed in the American Football League (1938).
- Cincinnati Reds, NFL team that played in the 1933 NFL season and the first eight games of the 1934 NFL season.
- Cincinnati Rockers, team that competed in the Arena Football League from 1992–1993.
- Cincinnati Royals, NBA team 1957-1972
- Cincinnati Stingers, World Hockey Association, 1975-1979
- Cincinnati Mighty Ducks, American Hockey League, 1997-2005
- Cincinnati Stingers, Central Hockey League (Minor League), 1979-1980
References
- ↑ "Hillside Steps". City of Cincinnati Transportation & Engineering. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
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