Nineteen days after the Cincinnati Reds set a Great American Ball Park regular season record with their crowd size on Opening Day, they set a new low.
The Reds announced 7,375 fans attended the club’s series opener Monday against the Tampa Bay Rays. It was the smallest crowd in the 20-year history of the ballpark, including all the games that were capped at 30% capacity at the beginning of the 2021 season due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.
Tampa Bay entered Monday with a 14-2 record, the best in baseball. The Reds, who won 8-1, hadn’t drawn below 11,900 fans to any of their previous nine home games to begin the season.