{"id":19634,"date":"2025-04-04T16:45:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T16:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=19634"},"modified":"2025-04-04T16:45:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T16:45:54","slug":"wherever-we-want-bengals-future-in-cincinnati-gets-shocking-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=19634","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWherever We Want\u201d Bengals Future In Cincinnati Gets Shocking Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-319502\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gridironheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/USATSI_23211607-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Cincinnati Bengals owner, Mike Brown watches his team during an off-season practice outside of Paycor Stadium Tuesday, May 7, 2024. \u00a9 Cara Owsley\/The Enquirer \/ USA TODAY NETWORK\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati Bengals owner, Mike Brown watches his team during an off-season practice outside of Paycor Stadium Tuesday, May 7, 2024. \u00a9 Cara Owsley\/The Enquirer \/ USA TODAY NETWORK<\/p>\n<p>The Cincinnati Bengals have been in the city of Cincinnati since 1968.\u00a0 While their organization has been to the Super Bowl three times (XVI, XXIII, and LVI), they have yet to ever win the big game.<\/p>\n<p>Now there are rumblings that their time in Cincinnati could be nearing an end of a few big decisions aren\u2019t made.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cWherever We Want\u201d Bengals Future In Cincinnati Gets Shocking Update<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gridironheroics.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/04\/USATSI_19034611_168400517_lowres.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Bengals owner Mike Brown and Paycor CEO Raul Villar Jr. cut the ribbon in celebration of the newly renamed Paycor Stadium on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, where the Bengals will play their first regular-season home game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. \u00a9 Stephanie Scarbrough\/The Enquirer \/ USA TODAY NETWORK\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bengals owner Mike Brown and Paycor CEO Raul Villar Jr. cut the ribbon in celebration of the newly renamed Paycor Stadium on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, where the Bengals will play their first regular-season home game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. \u00a9 Stephanie Scarbrough\/The Enquirer \/ USA TODAY NETWORK<\/p>\n<p class=\"pb-2 min-w-[1px]\" data-wt-guid=\"7557f712-56e9-47fc-a06d-b85d752c8be2\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">A closer look at the Cincinnati Bengals\u2019 future in the city has been provided by executive vice president Katie Blackburn:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Cincinnati Bengals executive Katie Blackburn said that unless the team strikes a deal with Hamilton County on its lease at Paycor Stadium or exercises a two-year extension option, it could \u201cgo wherever we wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0The Athletic, Blackburn, the daughter of Bengals owner Mike Brown, made the comments at an owner\u2019s meeting in Palm Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe could, I guess, go wherever we wanted after this year if we didn\u2019t pick the option up,\u201d Blackburn said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll see. Like I said, all these things will be done in due course. We are having discussions, and so we\u2019re hopeful that the county is thinking about it a lot, too, and wants to get it addressed in a way that would be beneficial to both of us.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cincinnati Bengals&#039; Stadium Future Hanging in the Balance With Deadline Looming\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P24kvUDoavQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gridironheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/USATSI_25076357_168400517_lowres-scaled.webp\" alt=\"Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) celebrates after the game-winning touchdown pass to Tee Higgins in overtime of the NFL Week 17 game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Denver Broncos at Paycor Stadium in downtown Cincinnati on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. The Bengals took a 30-24 win in overtime to remain in the post season chase. \u00a9 Sam Greene\/The Enquirer \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) celebrates after the game-winning touchdown pass to Tee Higgins in overtime of the NFL Week 17 game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Denver Broncos at Paycor Stadium in downtown Cincinnati on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. The Bengals took a 30-24 win in overtime to remain in the post season chase. \u00a9 Sam Greene\/The Enquirer \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"pb-2 min-w-[1px]\" data-wt-guid=\"7557f712-56e9-47fc-a06d-b85d752c8be2\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">One of the biggest non-football questions surrounding the Bengals this offseason is the lease for Paycor Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pb-2 min-w-[1px]\" data-wt-guid=\"11b55770-f952-41ba-ae31-c2e5c7716ed2\">Due to the current lease expiring June 30, 2026, a deadline is looming. Hamilton County must be notified at least 12 months in advance if the team wishes to extend its contract for five two-year terms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pb-2 min-w-[1px]\" data-wt-guid=\"6998b2fb-483d-4c13-8dd3-ff3d8e8aac66\">There is still time for the franchise to decide whether to sign a two-year extension to remain at Paycor Stadium before June 30, this year.\u00a0 This would certainly be a shocking development if the Bengals left Cincinnati after 57 years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_280741\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-280741\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-280741\" title=\"&quot;Wherever We Want&quot; Bengals Future In Cincinnati Gets Shocking Update 3\" src=\"https:\/\/gridironheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/USATSI_24424858-scaled.webp\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gridironheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/USATSI_24424858-scaled.webp 1920w, https:\/\/gridironheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/USATSI_24424858-300x203.webp 300w, https:\/\/gridironheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/USATSI_24424858-1024x694.webp 1024w, https:\/\/gridironheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/USATSI_24424858-768x520.webp 768w, https:\/\/gridironheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/USATSI_24424858-1536x1041.webp 1536w, https:\/\/gridironheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/USATSI_24424858-150x102.webp 150w, https:\/\/gridironheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/USATSI_24424858-450x305.webp 450w, https:\/\/gridironheroics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/USATSI_24424858-1200x813.webp 1200w\" alt=\"The Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow and the Bengals offensive huddle as they face the Baltimore Ravens Sunday October 6, 2024 at Payor Stadium.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1301\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-280741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow and the Bengals offensive huddle as they face the Baltimore Ravens Sunday October 6, 2024 at Payor Stadium.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cincinnati Bengals have been in the city of Cincinnati since 1968.\u00a0 While their organization has been to the Super Bowl three times (XVI,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cincinnati-bengals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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