With its beautiful view of the Cincinnati skyline.

The city of Newport, Kentucky, and Campbell County draws in visitors from both sides of the Ohio River.

That's in part because of Newport on the Levee, an indoor outdoor entertainment hub for the region, which one of the best views of the Ohio River.

Newport on the levee came to be in 2000 and 2018.

Late in December, North American Properties acquired it.

So that's one kind of all the revitalization took place.

The levee has always been a place where people love to come and gather and celebrate, which has been really cool.

But since Nappi took over, we've really focused on the experience for its guests.

So we like to talk about the 14 hour day, right?

Like you can work here, you can play here, you can go on dates, you can bring your family and you can never get bored.

So this renaissance of the Newport on the levee has been phenomenal.

You know, the current owners, North American properties, I think maybe you might have seen as recently sold it.

But we have 100% confidence that the new owners are going to continue this amazing development, new restaurants opening, new experiences like the Par three golf that just opened Bridgeview Box Park and, of course, anchored by the finest aquarium in the Midwest.

It brings in millions of visitors a year and leaves behind a big economic impact.

But it is something that everyone that lives here in northern Kentucky can take advantage of.

When you come in, you park.

When you come up on this level, which is the main entrance, you're going to come up.

This area that we're on right now is called the River Walk.

And then the area back on the other side is kind of our central plaza, our lawn area.

And then you're also going to move into the gallery space, which is the interior.

And that's where we have a lot of our mixed retail and some of our restaurants as well.

We know that when visitors come and we have data that supports this, they're not just staying for the day, they're staying overnight and often they're staying for the weekend.

So they're seeing the aquarium, they're seeing the Cincinnati Zoo, but they're choosing to stay over on this river because of this amenity here at the levee that offers them so much opportunity beyond just an aquarium visit or a restaurant visit.

December of 2022 until around now, it looks like we're looking at probably close to 300 new jobs that have been created in just a couple of years.

I would say as far as economic impact, we're a vital part of northern Kentucky and Newport in general because we're such a tourist destination that impacts all the businesses around us, right?

So it's a great community to be a part of.

I think if you look at especially talent these days, talent wants to go somewhere where there is a lot of activity.

So the great businesses that have located at the Newport on the levee have done that because of the quality of experience around it, the ability to walk down and walk across this beautiful purple people bridge to have a great meal in the same place where they were.

They work, live and play, and it is located directly next to some wonderful apartments.

So it is a target for economic development.

We have the best view in all of northern Kentucky, the beautiful city behind us.

I just think it's a place where people feel like they're at home.

Right in northern Kentucky, we kind of call it northern Kentucky's living room where everyone comes to play and hang out.

So that's a good slogan.

With the NFL season now underway, Newport on the Levee is preparing to serve Cincinnati Bengals fans who dine and stay in northern Kentucky.