The Reds were forced to spend most of May and June on the road while League Park was reconfigured to move the diamond back to its old location in the southeast corner.

[Cincinnati Post, March 19, 1901, p. 3] The club hoped to have the new stands ready by summer, but various delays set the opening back to spring of 1902, so the entire 1901 season was also spent at the southeast corner.

Designed in a neo-classic style reminiscent of Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, the Palace featured an extravagant facade, with 22 hand-carved Corinthian columns with elaborate details at the top, and opera-style private boxes in front of the covered grandstand.

The grandstand actually sat atop carriage stalls so that the wealthy could simply drive directly to the game, an early precursor of "luxury suites".

The Reds had little on-field success during their stay at the Palace, but one event foreshadowed an historic development on this site: night baseball.

Then, over time, the structure fell into a state of disrepair; city inspectors began to note cracked girders, decayed supports and unsafe floors.

The day's newspapers stated that as soon as the game was completed, workmen would begin demolishing the Palace to make way for new stands.

Although the modified original 1884 grandstand (aka the right field seating) had survived various calamities during its 27 years of existence, the Reds had no intention of using it again.

[6] The remains of the entirety of the Palace of the Fans were demolished to make room for "a modern and sumptuous stand, the equal of anything in the country.