Brewers Trip to Cincinnati

Mr. Goes

Travel

• We will be driving to Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio. It will take 7 hrs 10 min to cover the 438 miles per mapquest.com

Travel •We will be driving a 2009 Mazda 5.

•The Mazda 5 gets 24 miles per gallon. It has a 14 gallon tank. We filled up in Sheboygan.We will

need to stop every 300 miles to be safe. We will stop outside of Indianapolis at a

Speedway/Subway. $32 for gas in Sheboygan, $28 for gas in Indy= $60 gas to Cincy. 1.99 for gas

outside of Gary IN. $28 Total gas $88

Getting around

• The first day, we will be driving right to Great American Ball Park and parking in the stadium lot. According to Reds.com, parking is $10.

• The next two days, we will walk from our hotel to the park.

• We will drive a total of 60 miles to play golf the next two days. That will be the only time we will need our vehicle.

Lodging

Lodging

• We will be staying at the Comfort Suites hotel in Newport Kentucky. This is right across the Ohio River from the ball park. The rate was $181 a night, however, my buddy used his frequent user card to get us the room for $99 a night. It has a free breakfast, free Wi-fi and a shuttle service to the ball park for us and a fitness center.

Lodging- Comfort Suites Hotel

Attractions

• Cincinnati Reds vs. Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Games. 7pm Thursday and Friday, 6pm Saturday. Tickets- $30 bleachers (ticket office); $40 5 rows behind 1st base dugout (stubhub); $25 upper deck (stubhub).

• Golf Devou Park Golf Course- $30 per round- did Friday and Saturday.

Attractions

• Newport on the Levee- An Entertainment/shopping/Dining district. Located ½ mile from hotel.

Food Meal Name What I ordered Price

Thursday Lunch Subway near Indianapolis (connected to Speedway)

Meal Deal $7

Thursday Dinner After game

Brothers Bar and Grill

5 appetizers for 4 guys. 2 drinks

$6 apps $2 drinks

Friday Lunch Clubhouse of Golf Course

Chicken sandwich $9

Friday Dinner Don Pablo’s Buffalo Chicken Fajitas

$16

Saturday Lunch Buckheads grill Buffalo Chicken Sandwich

$10

Saturday Night Skyline Chili Skyline Chili over pasta

$13

Sunday Lunch Subway near Gary Meal Deal $7

Pictures- Newport on the Levee, Pedestrian Bridge connecting Kentucky and Ohio; Great American BallPark.

Summary

• We did a lot of planning for this trip. We bought tickets on Stubhub before the Friday and Saturday games well before we went. We bought tickets on Thursday at the ticket office because we did not know if we would get there in time. We paid well below face value on stubhub. We picked the golf courses on the way down and made tee times. Newport on the levee is generally expensive. However we researched the best food/drink deals for Thursday after game. We also ran into 3 Brewers players that night. Outside of golfing, everything was within walking distance so that was nice not having to battle traffic or pay for parking. My buddy getting us the hotel deal was great as well.