The Cincinnati Reds and BetMGM are planning to relocate their retail sportsbook from the Machine Room at Great American Ball Park to the former Galla Park night club space at the Banks, sources told the WCPO 9 I-Team.
Moving the sportsbook to the corner of Second Street and Joe Knuxhall Way would boost foot traffic for what is now Ohio’s worst-performing retail sportsbook, based on state revenue data. It would also close a location that exposed a college baseball betting scandal in April.
The Reds declined to comment on the move. Real estate sources say the team bought a leasehold interest from Galla Park’s operators before the night club abruptly closed in February.
