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Paycor Stadium opened on the 19th of August 2000. It was built to replace Riverfront Stadium, which the Bengals and Cincinnati Reds had previously shared, and occupies roughly 22 acres beside the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Public funding for Paycor Stadium totaled $555 million, which was the largest government subsidy for any NFL stadium at the time of its construction. By one estimate, taxpayers in Hamilton County will have paid a total of $1.1 billion by 2026, when the 26-year financial agreement expires.
Paul Brown Stadium was renamed Paycor Stadium on the 9th of August 2022, when the Cincinnati Bengals signed a 16-year naming rights agreement with Paycor HCM Inc., a Cincinnati-based company founded by Robert J. Coughlin. The renaming left Lambeau Field and Chicago's Soldier Field as the only two NFL stadiums without a naming rights partner.
Paycor Stadium was designed by the architectural firm NBBJ, led by Dan Meis. The building was the first NFL facility to win an AIA design award and later ranked 101st on a Harris Interactive survey of America's favorite 150 buildings and structures, the only football stadium to appear on that list.
Kenny Chesney performed the first major concert at Paycor Stadium on the 1st of July 2012, drawing 42,716 attendees and generating $3,495,146 in revenue. Garth Brooks sold out two consecutive nights in May 2022, each drawing 80,000 people. Taylor Swift performed on the 30th of June and the 1st of July 2023 as part of her Eras Tour, becoming the first female act to sell out two dates on a single tour at that venue.
The Cincinnati Bengals announced in February 2024 that Paycor Stadium would adopt the FieldTurf CORE version of synthetic turf, making the franchise the 8th NFL team to do so. Earlier surfaces included natural Kentucky Bluegrass for the first four seasons, which was replaced after the field was rated the third worst in the NFL. Subsequent synthetic upgrades arrived in 2004 with FieldTurf, in 2012 with Act Global turf, and in 2018 with Shaw Sports Turf.