Word: riverbend
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...LeLacheur Park is, clearly, lovely: a sweet little brick 4,700-seater placed as softly as a Texas Leaguer at a riverbend that spent a hundred years waiting for a ballfield. I head for Will Call as Luci, with her sixth sense about shopping, heads for Souvenirs, which is taking its signal to close from the National Anthem, now being sung. The young man locking the door lets her in, and I join the others after picking up our tickets. Caroline, of course, wants everything in sight. I veto a small bat, which I imagine her using on her infant...
...rather spend the weekend than a staid Midwestern city hours from the nearest beach. "Saturday night in Cincinnati--it don't get no better than this!" Buffett yelps as his 13-piece Coral Reefer Band takes the stage in Mardi Gras costumes and towering headdresses. The crowd at the Riverbend amphitheater roars its agreement: 18,500 otherwise respectable people, many in full tropical regalia--foam parrot hats, grass skirts and coconut-shell bras. And that's just the men. (Let's not even discuss the folks dancing naked on their boats in the Ohio River, right behind the stage.) Buffett...
...Sunday afternoons the city closes riverside Memorial Drive, and the area is transformed into a recreational nirvana called Riverbend Park. Hot dog and pretzel vendors lining the streets add to the festive atmosphere...
...Riverbend Park founder Isabella Halsted said she was confident that any planning difficulties would be worked out by the race date...
...hoping there will be no confusion with what will be a big day in Riverbend Park," Halsted said...