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Pitt Stadium was an outdoor athletic stadium in the eastern United States, ... before moving to Heinz Field in 2001. Demolition of Pitt Stadium began in December 1999.
Civic Arena (Pittsburgh) / 40.44167°N 79.99000°W / 40.44167; -79.99000. The Civic Arena, formerly the Civic Auditorium and later Mellon Arena, was an arena located in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Civic Arena primarily served as the home to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the city's National Hockey League (NHL) franchise, from 1967 ...
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). Built to replace Forbes Field, which opened in 1909, the US$55 million ($457 million today) multi ...
Fred Clarke, 1909 Forbes Field and Bellefield Bridge, 1909 The first game was played at Forbes Field on June 30, 1909, one day after the Pittsburgh Pirates had defeated the Chicago Cubs, 8–1, at Exposition Park. Fans began to arrive at the stadium six and one-half hours early for the 3:30 p.m. game. Weather conditions were reported as clear skies with a temperature around 80 degrees. Flags ...
This list of closed stadiums by capacity shows demolished, unused, or otherwise closed sports stadiums ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the stadium could accommodate seated. Stadiums that had a capacity of 15,000 or greater are included. Most of the largest past stadiums were used for association football ...
Pitt Stadium was home for the Panthers although the Steelers also used it for home games in the mid-1960s. Following the demolition of Pitt Stadium in 1999, the Panthers moved to Three Rivers Stadium, again on the North Shore, where the Pirates and Steelers had played since 1970. A handful of nationally televised Pitt Panther football games ...
The game marks the 100th anniversary of the first college game played at Yankee Stadium, a 3-0 Syracuse victory over Pitt at the original “House That Ruth Built” on Oct. 20, 1923. ...
March 9, 1964. Jurisdiction. City of Pittsburgh. Agency executive. Mike Danovitz, Chairman. The Stadium Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (also known as the Stadium Authority) is a municipal authority that was charged with the construction of Three Rivers Stadium and the management of the land on which it stood following its 2001 demolition. [1]