Pete Rose public visitation at Great American Ball Park: What you need to know

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A 14-hour public visitation will be held Sunday for legendary Cincinnati Reds player and coach Pete Rose who died in September at the age of 83.

It will be from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Great American Ball Park.

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His family is hosting this free event that is open to the public.

Sunday is the time for those who admired and loved "The Hit King" to untie, honor his incredible legacy and say goodbye before his family privately lays him to rest.

"Baseball was Dad's greatest passion, and he loved playing the game for the fans," said his daughter, Fawn Rose, in a recent family statement. "We know that bringing 'Charlie Hustle' home to Cincinnati, the city where he was born and where his legendary career began, is the perfect way to honor his love and devotion to the fans."

Guests must enter the ballpark through the main gates at Crosley Terrace (Gate A) and follow directed queue lines to the visitation area, which overlooks the field from the main concourse. Guests will exit the ballpark via Gate B.

Out of respect for Rose's family, photography and video recording will not be allowed inside the visitation area.

Guests wishing to bring flowers, memorabilia or other mementos honoring Rose are asked to leave them at the Pete Rose statue on Crosley Terrace.

The Reds Hall of Fame & Museum will have free admission on Sunday during normal operating hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Next year, there also will be a celebration of Rose's life and career with a special "Pete Rose Day" at the May 14 Reds game.

Rose remains Major League Baseball's all-time hits leader with 4,256 hits, topping Ty Cobb's record, during his 24-year major league career with the Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and Montreal Expos.

Rose also won three World Series championships as a player and is baseball's all-time leader in games played, 3,562 and at-bats, 14, 053 with 17 All-Star appearances.

He was the player-manager of the Reds from 1984 to 1986 and then continued as the full-time manager of the team until he was banned from the major leagues in 1989 for gambling on baseball.

Rose denied gambling on baseball for years before finally admitting he bet the game - and the Reds - in his 2004 gambling addiction book, "My Prison Without Bars."

At the time of his death, he remained banned from the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The Reds, however, inducted him into the team's Hall of Fame back in 2016.

They also retired his No. 14.

"He was one of the fiercest competitors the game has ever seen, and every team he played for was better because of him," Reds owner Bob Castellini in a statement at the time of Rose's death.

"Pete was a Red through and through. No one loved the game more than Pete and no one loved Pete more than Reds Country. We must never forget what he accomplished."