Happy Friday!

⛈️ Try to find some indoor plans for Saturday - thunderstorms are expected!

Today’s email is a 3min 23sec read. Here’s the scoop:

• 🏈 How to watch Bengals Practice

• 🐢 The Great Turtle Takeover of Cincinnati

• 🧠 Ohio Makes Mental Health Training Mandatory for Coaches

But first…

🎭 ENTERTAINMENT

Queen Bey in the Queen City?

Beyonce originally had an upcoming show scheduled on August 3 in Pittsburgh, but it was recently cancelled due to logistics and scheduling issues.

Cincinnati is now hoping to woo Beyonce to come play at Paycor Stadium instead.

Hamilton County Board of Commissions President Alicia Reece says:

“Let’s go after that date for Beyonce. Both stadiums are available. I think it would be a very good positive if we’re able to do it. I think with the Taylor Swift momentum, I think we’ve got a good chance if it is at all possible."

The last time Beyonce put on a concert in Cincinnati was 2014 at Great American Ball Park.

Beyonce coming to Cincinnati doesn’t just benefit the people attending the concert.

This is a high interest artist who could bring a large economic impact to the city. We recently saw this happen with the Taylor Swift concert at the end of June this year.

Let’s briefly dive into some data on how the Taylor Swift concert impacted the city’s economy:

• Hotels downtown were 98% booked for the weekend

• $2 million in hotel revenue

• $90 million to greater Cincinnati

• created 900 jobs

Big artists scheduling Cincinnati in their tours means big bucks for the city, and there will be efforts to book more of these moving forward.

Reece explained that even if they’re not able to book Beyonce, they plan on using both Great American Ballpark and Paycor stadiums for more non-sport events in the future.

Beyonce, if you’re reading this, we’d love to have you.

(a girl can dream, right??)

There were some crazy clouds covering the city this week

📋 BUSINESS

Cincinnati Church House Goes Viral

If you choose to get distracted by ONE thing today, let this be it.

A historic church, now converted into a gorgeous $1.6m home, recently went viral on Zillow Gone Wild.

Zillow Gone Wild is a newsletter that shows the most wild listed homes across America.

The home was previously a Maranatha Seventh-day Adventist Church and is located in the West End, near TQL Stadium.

“Built in 1900, this church-turned-house recently sat vacant for over 10 years in extreme disrepair, according to the realtor. Their client purchased the church in 2021 and has spent two years bringing it back to life — a resurrection, if you will.” - Cincinnati CityBeat

There are a TON of pictures of the property available on the realtor site - and you’ll want to see all of them.

More into video tours? View here.

🏈 SPORTS

Bengals Training Camp

This year you have 10 opportunities to watch the Bengals practice at Training Camp.

Practices are held at Kettering Health Practice Fields (right next to Paycor Stadium) and can hold up to 1,250+ fans between the bleachers and standing room.

Best part? It’s completely free and no tickets are required! Entry is based on first-come first-serve basis.

Players will be signing autographs for fans along the sidelines, so make sure to bring whatever you want to be signed and Sharpie!

🍦 MINI SCOOPS

🦟. West Nile Virus buzzes into the Queen City - here are some tips to prevent breeding sites for mosquitos

🪀 Greater Cincinnati will soon become home to one of the country's biggest toy stores (and the building they're moving into is an old Harley Davidson building)

💡 Blink officially returns to Cincinnati for a 2024 season

🐢 Box turtles are the only terrestrial turtle species in Ohio - and you might see more of them around this summer.

🧠 Ohio becomes first state in the country to require mental health training for all high school coaches

🍻 Queen City Radio to open new location in College Hill

⚾️ Cincinnati Reds announce 2024 schedule - check out who they’ll take on for Opening Day!

📆 EVENTS THIS WEEKEND

☘️ FRI - SUN July 14-16: Guinness Cincinnati Celtic Festival

🌴 FRI - SAT July 14-15: Paradise Music and Beer Festival

🍷 SAT July 15: Summer Winery Fair

🎄 SAT July 15: Findlay Market Christmas in July

💜 SAT July 15:Taylor Swift Silent Disco

🐶 SUN July 16: Stray Haven Dog Adoption Event

🐕 CINCYDOG OF THE WEEK

Elton enjoys long walks in the park, beautiful flowers, and a fishy bandana.

Thanks for being here with us. We’re looking forward to building a strong community of informed Cincinnatians who want to stay in the loop.

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