Facts and figures

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The stadium

Approximately 66,000 seats, including about 7,600 club seats and 104 private suites.

About 11 stories tall and covering 22 acres.

Sits between Central Avenue and Elm Street, bordered to the north by Third Street and to the south by Mehring Way.

Canopy over two-thirds of upper-level seats

TV replay screens and scoreboards in both endzones

Natural turf field heated to prevent freezing.

Three practice fields west of the stadium (two natural turf fields and one artificial turf field).

Protected from river by flood wall

Designer is NBBJ Sports and Entertainment Architects, Los Angeles, Calif.

Lease highlights

Lease binds the team to Cincinnati from date of opening to June 30, 2026.

The stadium will be ready by Aug. 1, 2000, or the county or its contractor is subject to penalties of $4 million a game.

County will build parking for 5,000 cars.

Team will contribute $50 million to stadium cost, primarily in form of revenue from personal seat licenses, naming rights, rent and a ticket surcharge.

If team doesn't sell 50,000 general admission tickets for first 20 home games, county will make up the revenue difference.

Team gets all revenue from tickets, advertising, broadcast rights, concessions and parking.

Bengals pay $11.7 million in rent for first nine years; no payments after that.

Bengals have sole right for first 10 years to present pro soccer.