Traffic Impact For All-Star Weekend Saturday, July 11 and Sunday, July 12

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, July 10, 2015

MEDIA CONTACT: Rocky Merz, 513.352.5358, or Ursula Miller, ursula.miller@cincinnati-oh.gov, or 513.352.3417

CINCINNATI – This weekend is packed with All-Star events and activities throughout downtown and at The Banks. Events include the T-Mobile FanFest, Color Run MLB All-Star 5K race, Pepsi block party, zip line, Clydesdale parade and Budweiser concert at Paul Brown Stadium, part of the Pepsi Music Series.

Please refer to the attached maps and details below for information about ongoing and additional street closures and lane restrictions for Saturday and Sunday. Closures extend through the weekend unless otherwise noted.


The Color Run MLB All-Star 5K presented by Nike: 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Saturday, July 11

• Mehring Way: Closed between Elm Street and East Pete Rose Way
• Second Street east ramp (Ramp LL): Closed
• Broadway: Closed south of Third Street
• Taylor Southgate Bridge: Closed
• East Pete Rose Way: Closed between Johnny Bench Way/Broadway and Eggleston Avenue

·         Eggleston Avenue: Southbound closed between Reedy Street and East Pete Rose Way

Clydesdale Parade: 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Sunday, July 12

·         Freedom Way: Closed between Walnut and Elm streets

·         Elm Street: Closed between Freedom Way and Mehring Way

·         Mehring Way: Closed between Elm Street and east of Joe Nuxhall Way

The Budweiser MLB All-Star Concert, part of the Pepsi Music Series:
6:00 p.m. Saturday, July 11 – 12:01 a.m. Sunday, July 12 (police may close streets due to crowd size)

• Elm Street: Closed between Second Street and Mehring Way
• Freedom Way: Closed between Elm and Rosa Parks streets
• Race Street: Closed between Second Street and Freedom Way

 

All-Star Sunday featuring the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game and All-Star Legends and Celebrity Game: 6:00 p.m. Sunday, July 12 – 12:01 a.m. Monday, July 13 (police may close streets due to crowd size)

• Mehring Way: Closed to through traffic between Elm Street and East Pete Rose Way. Access will be maintained to the Central Riverfront Garage (Mehring Way entrance) from Elm Street to the garage from East Pete Rose Way. Vehicular traffic will not be permitted on Mehring Way south of Great American Ball Park.

Media Compound:  

• Mehring Way: Reduced to one lane in each direction between Joe Nuxhall Way and East Pete Rose Way
  
• Johnny Bench Way/Broadway: Closed
  

T-Mobile All-Star FanFest at Duke Energy Convention Center:

• Elm Street: Reduced to two lanes between Fifth and Sixth streets. Police plan to keep other two lanes open to northbound traffic unless crowd size warrants additional lane closures.
  
• Fifth Street: North curb lane closed between Plum and Elm streets
  
• Central Avenue: Reduced to one northbound lane between Fifth and Sixth streets
  

All-Star Summer Pepsi Block Party/Zip Line:

• Freedom Way: Closed between Rosa Parks Street and Joe Nuxhall Way
• Joe Nuxhall Way: Closed between Second Street and Mehring Way
• Walnut Street: Closed to through traffic between Second Street and Ted Berry Way