2023 FC Cincinnati Matchday Information
We needed to supply followers, supporters or first-timers a primary information on what to anticipate within the space across the West Finish and Over-the-Rhine on 2023 match days. Please ship us any ideas you’ve got about your match day expertise to feedback@cincinnatisoccertalk.com.
SUPPORTER GROUPS PRE-MATCH PARTIES
We encourage all fans to get down to the West End/OTR early and enjoy themselves at the areas many restaurants and pubs. Many Supporter Groups hang out in the Findlay Market area where you can join in the march to TQL Stadium. Some of these locations can be rowdier than others, but families and opposing fans are encouraged to come out and join the various groups.
The Briogaid: Taft’s Ale House (Nellie’s Tap Room) – 1429 Race St, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Die Innenstadt: Knox Joseph Distillery / OTR Stillhouse – 2017 Branch St, Cincinnati, OH 45214
The Fifth Line: Holiday Spirits – 1538 Race St, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Hangar 937: Knox Joseph Distillery / OTR Stillhouse – 2017 Branch St, Cincinnati, OH 45214
Norden – The Symphony Hotel – 210 W 14th St, Cincinnati, OH 45202
The Pride: Northern Row Brewery & Distillery – 111 W. McMicken Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Queen City Mafia: The Pitch – 1430 Central Pkwy, Cincinnati, OH 45202
CST also recommends LIVE SHOW partners:
Rhinehaus OTR: 119 E 12th St, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Samuel Adams Taproom: 1727 Logan St, Cincinnati, OH 45202 *New parking garage opens soon!
THE MARCH
The less than 1-mile long march begins approximately 6:10pm for The Pride at Northern Row Brewery & Distillery and Die Innenstadt at the OTR Stillhouse. All fans are encouraged to join the march as supporters reach the Findlay Market area at Pleasant Street. Joining here makes the march considerably shorter if you are apprehensive to join at Northern Row and OTR Stillhouse.
Fans can also join at the northwest corner of Washington Park at 6:30pm where the SGs will host their ‘corteo’. The ‘corteo’ will be shorter than years past, as the SG’s will be headed into the stadium earlier this year. The march will then proceed down 14th Street and into TQL Stadium around 6:40pm. This march into the stadium is not exclusive to supporter groups and their members, so we encourage any and all fans to join! See the map of the march below and follow The Incline Collective at @InclineCincy.
Ensure to concentrate to the march into the stadium! A throwback to the Nippert days!
*topic to alter
ARRIVE EARLY AND BE LOUD
Followers are inspired to be in TQL Stadium by 7 p.m. for all matches this season. FC Cincinnati is getting ready a brand new pre-match ambiance and custom to energise the workforce and followers earlier than kickoff. All matches will begin at 7:30 p.m. this yr per Apple TV and the membership, so be sure to arrange for that precise time and never 7-10 minutes after the scheduled kickoff.
A pre-match joyful hour see choose provide drinks discounted by $2 on the Heineken bar behind The Bailey on the Coors Mild bar behind sections 111 and 112.
PATIENCE
It’s the begin of the season with new employees. Give everybody a match to catch up if issues begin to lag behind. We hope that TQL has a few of the early season kinks labored out however it’s all the time a good suggestion to get in early and ensure you are taken care of with out working into last-minute issues.
We additionally should be good companions to the West Finish and Over the Rhine communities. Because the Incline Collective put it, “Over the Rhine and the West Finish are neighborhoods the place individuals make their properties. We’re their friends on match day. Deal with the locations we march higher than you’d need your neighborhoods handled by others (be respectful, don’t litter, and many others.).”
FOOD & MORE
There are a complete lot of in-stadium choices. Take pleasure in a Gomez Turtle, Grippo’s Chips, AJ’s Cheesesteaks, Buffalo Wings & Rings, Frisch’s and extra. This season can even provide a bunch of recent concession and premium choices together with Pastrami-rubbed Brisket, Footlong Sizzling Canine, Crispy Rooster Sandwich, Grilled Pimento Mac n’ Cheese, Smoked Deviled Eggs and a Rooster Teppanyaki Salad.
A “Das Boot” premium beer & glass can be provided in stadium. Followers can refill their “Das Boot” for $22 with a $10 refill. Fretboard Brewing can even be a brand new craft brewery sponsor.
Don’t neglect to make your self a Cincinnati-style Sky-rosa. Try our buddy, Billy DeVore’s Twitter for directions!
Make a day trip of every match and get out and benefit from the space round West Finish Stadium, however nonetheless bear in mind to get to TQL Stadium early. Cincinnati’s OTR and West Finish areas are loaded with superb buying, food and drinks choices. You may eat/drink a brand new spot each match for a number of years. The world is household pleasant together with a play space for youths in Washington Park together with an FCC fan zone.
Try this interactive map of OTR that lists bars/eating places and native retailers.
PARKING/TRANSPORTATION
Go to the FC Cincinnati web site for an inventory of pay as you go parking tons and drop-off areas. Match day pay as you go parking can be accessible at a later date. You may as well journey to TQL Stadium through the Streetcar. Stops 7 via 15 ought to put you in shut proximity to pre-match bars with Cease 9 (14th & Elm) dropping you close to Music Corridor and TQL Stadium. Try the Cincinnati Bell Connector route for extra data.
If you happen to get down early sufficient, take into account road parking earlier than it will get busy.
