Bengals Vs Jaguars

[SteveStl]

Hey all. 

I want to take my son to his first NFL game and his favorite team is the Bengals. We no longer have a team where we are coming from (guess where) and he picked the Bengals/ Jaguars game on October 4th.

I am just looking for any advice on where to stay in town that is convenient to the stadium in a safe area and for recommendations on tickets. It looks like we will be siting in the upper levels, but any input is appreciated on the best views etc.

Looking forward to our first time in Cincinnati!

Thank you 

Steve

 

 

[Stripes]

I’ll leave the Cincinnati residents to talk about lodging, but I can talk about tickets. I used to be a season ticket holder when I lived in Ohio.

Paycor is well-designed from the standpoint of seeing the field. You can’t really go wrong. The upper levels still provide very clear views. I’d personally recommend you get seats somewhere between the 30 yard lines if you can. If so, even the very last row at the top will allow decent vision. Maybe avoid seats at the very base and corner of a section, because you might get a little staircase glass in front of you.

[ArmyBengal]

If you want to check out the views this is a site I like to use.
https://bengals.io-media.com/mobile/index.html#/

If you are looking for upper level, I like sections 108-112, which is the Bengals side of the field and towards the middle.
On the Jags side of things, that would be sections 338-342.
The other upper sections are fine, but you are just getting further from midfield.  Some like that more so take your pick.
Yes, once you get above row 12 in most of the upper section, you could run into some of the glass around the steps.
That's only around the step areas and you can see that from the website as well.

As far as where to stay, there are plenty of places with different price ranges either right down on the banks, further up into the downtown area and even across the bridge in northern Kentucky.  Staying in Covington and walking across the suspension bridge is really cool if you've never been to Cincinnati and there are restaurants on both sides of the river as well.  Just use the Google machine and look for hotels and restaurants close to Paycor Stadium.  That should give you all you need.

They just renovated the pro shop in the stadium and it's pretty nice.  Should be able to find some Bengals gear for your son there and they are open game days.
Not sure how old your son is, but if he's young, there's a cool park and green space by the stadium.  If he's older, there are tons of bars and shit down at the banks.  The tailgating is always fun and you should find a friendly group of people for the most part.  Since it's the Jags, you should see a more relaxed crowd since they aren't a division rival.

If you have something more specific, feel free to come back and ask.  There's a good group here that would be more than willing to help.
Hope you and your son have a great time at the game and enjoy yourselves while in town !!