The drumbeat could be heard blocks away.
As it grew louder, hundreds of people decked out in blue and orange T-shirts and scarves, marched by, headed into Nippert Stadium for FC Cincinnati's last home game.
They were among 31,478 fans who turned out last Saturday to watch the soccer team defeat Indy XI, the highest announced attendance ever for any United Soccer League game.
It was a stunning number, even for a soccer club that had already owned the record.
That same day the Cincinnati Reds finished their second-to-last game of the season, a season they would end 28.