Georgetown College's Toyota Stadium | The Bengals hold training camp at Georgetown College in Georgetown, KY. This year's camp is slated to begin the last week of July. The details of daily practice times for 2008 camp have not yet been finalized but it is safe to assume that the dates will be similar to '07 (last season training camp began on July 27 and ran through August 15).
Complete camp details are expected to be announced in late May-early June, at which time the schedule will posted on this page. Be sure to check back at that time for full details.
 DIRECTIONS TO TRAINING CAMP |
Georgetown is located 12 miles north of Lexington, Kentucky, just off Interstate 75.
FROM THE SOUTH:
Take I-75 North to Exit 125 (Georgetown); turn left off ramp onto U.S. 460. Take left at stop light onto 460 West. At second stop light, turn right onto Lemons Mill (1962 West). Turn into driveway on right bearing the large Bengals sign.
FROM THE NORTH:
Take I-75 South to Exit 126; turn right off ramp. Go through four traffic lights; turn right at the fifth traffic light onto Lemons Mill (1962 West). Turn into driveway on right bearing the large Bengals sign.
FROM THE WEST:
Take I-64 East to Exit 69 (Georgetown); turn left off ramp onto U.S. 62. Proceed approximately 3.1 miles and turn right onto bypass. Continue on bypass until turning left onto Lemons Mill. Turn right into driveway bearing the large Bengals sign.
FROM THE EAST:
Take I-64 West to I-75 North, follow directions for FROM THE SOUTH.
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FAMILY-FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE
All practice sessions at Georgetown are open to the public, so this affords you a great opportunity to get close to the players and obtain several autographs. Training camp once again will include the annual Orange-Black Mock Game, which coach Marvin Lewis has described as "essentially a live game, but without tackling," as well as an intrasquad scrimmage.
ABOUT GEORGETOWN COLLEGE
The training camp facility, officially known as the East Campus Athletic Complex, is one of the finest in use by an NFL team. Athletic Management, a national sports management magazine, recognized the complex by awarding it with its 1998 "Excellence in Outdoor Facilities" award.
The Bengals moved their training camp to Georgetown in 1997 after 29 seasons of training at Wilmington (Ohio) College. Georgetown's commitment to meet state-of-the-art standards has brought unprecedented media attention to training camp and has helped the Bengals develop their Central Kentucky fan base.
"There isn't a team in the league that wouldn't like to have its training camp in a facility like this one," said Bengals president Mike Brown.
The centerpiece of the complex is Toyota Stadium, which offers permanent stands for 5,000 and is built in a bowl shape that can accommodate seating for up to 20,000 fans. The stadium is designed to provide fans with a festival-like atmosphere, concessions, merchandise, interactive pavilion areas and promotional activities developed by corporate sponsors. For the team, it features locker rooms and showers, weight and aerobic rooms, training facilities, a press box and guest booths, as well as a field with a natural grass playing surface. The facility, an hour's drive south of downtown Cincinnati, also includes a conference center used for coaches' classroom instruction and meals, two additional full-size practice fields, apartment-style resident quads for player housing and executive guest townhouses. The complex joins the college's already existing tennis courts, soccer field and baseball field.
All training camp practices and events are open free to the public. There is a charge for on-campus parking.
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