Pitt Statdium

[stooolfan]

40- 45K 5mil

45-50k 7.5 mil

50-55k 10 mil

55-60k 20 mil

60-65k 40 mil

20 fro the project

102.5 mil

public  cover 25% 


Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 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 as a replacement for Forbes Field, which opened in 1909, the US$55 million ($375.8 million today) multi-purpose facility was designed to maximize efficiency. Ground was broken in April 1968 and an oft behind-schedule construction plan lasted for 29 months.[6] The stadium opened on July 16, 1970, when the Pirates played their first game there. In the 1971 World Series, Three Rivers Stadium hosted the first World Series game played at night. The following year, the stadium was the site of the Immaculate Reception. The final game in the stadium was won by the Steelers on December 16, 2000. Three Rivers Stadium also hosted the Pittsburgh Maulers of the United States Football League and the University of Pittsburgh Panthers football team for a single season each.[7][8]



After its closing, Three Rivers Stadium was imploded in 2001, and the Pittsburgh Pirates and Pittsburgh Steelers moved into newly built stadiums: PNC Park and Heinz Field, respectively.

[bigmark]

Did you just copy n paste the wikipedia? 🤣

[CSCommish]

Will need a little bit more creative writing in this one lol

[stooolfan]

Dec 24, 2019 8:19:39 GMT -5 CSCommish said:

Will need a little bit more creative writing in this one lol

I am the law and this will comply

[stooolfan]

GIve me my new stadium

[CSCommish]

I'll give someone else 10 points to do the article for him lol

[youwilllovette]

Ahoy! Pirates announce seating expansion to the storied history of Three Rivers stadium, which in their first game after the All-Star Break in 1970, the Pirates opened the stadium against Cincinnati on Thursday, July 16. The team donned new uniform designs for the first time that day, a similar plan was for new "mini-skirts" for female ushers. However, the ushers' union declined the uniform change for female workers. A parade was held before opening ceremonies. The expansive parking lot, both Pirates and Steelers team offices, the Allegheny Club (VIP Club) and the press boxes and facilities were not opened until weeks later due to extended labor union work stoppages. Instead of allowing cars to park, the team instructed fans to park downtown and walk to the stadium over bridges or take shuttle buses. The opening of Three Rivers marked the first time the Pirates allowed beer to be sold in the stands during a game since the early 1960s.

During batting practice on that day, a stray foul ball hit a woman named Evelyn Jones in the eye while she was walking the stadium's concourse. She sued the Pirates and their subsidiary that managed the stadium, arguing that the Baseball Rule, which usually prevents spectators at baseball games from holding teams liable for foul ball injuries, did not apply because she was away from the seating areas and not watching what was going on on the field. A jury awarded Jones $125,000, but it was reversed on appeal. That decision was in turn reversed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which agreed with her argument about the Baseball Rule and also noted that the opening to the concourse through which the foul had passed was a purely architectural choice that was not necessary to the game of baseball.

Three Rivers Stadium is similar in design to other stadiums built in the 1960s and 1970s, such as RFK Stadium in Washington, Shea Stadium in New York, Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, the Houston Astrodome, Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, and Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis, which were designed as multi-purpose facilities to maximize efficiency. Due to their similar design these stadiums were nicknamed "cookie-cutter" or "concrete doughnut" ballparks. The sight lines were more favorable to football; almost 70% of the seats in the baseball configuration were in fair territory.

Three Rivers was the first multi-purpose stadium and the first in either the NFL or MLB to feature 3M's Tartan Turf (a competitor to the dominant AstroTurf), which was installed for opening day. It had a dirt skin infield on the basepaths for baseball through 1972, until converted to "sliding pits" at the bases for 1973. Renovations for the start of the 1983 baseball season included replacing the Tartan Turf with AstroTurf, the center field Stewart-Warner scoreboard being removed and replaced with new seating—while a new Diamond Vision scoreboard with a White Way messageboard was installed at the top of the center field upper deck—and the outfield fence being painted blue from the previous aqua. The field originally used "Gamesaver vacuum vehicles" to dry the surface, though they were later replaced by an underground drainage system.

In 1975, the baseball field's outfield fences were moved 10 feet (3 m) closer to home plate, in an attempt to boost home run numbers. The bullpens were moved to multiple locations throughout the stadium's history; however, their first position was also their final one—beyond the right-field fence. A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story in 1970 stated that the new stadium boasted 1,632 floodlight bulbs.


The number of seats will jump from 41,000 to a whopping 65,000. This means that much more room for Pirate fans. The cost for such an expansion will be $101,500,000 but it won't clean out their "treasure stash" because 25% will be publicly financed.

[CSCommish]

Forgot to run this last season.

7 pts (to CAL lol)

101.5M cost (100% paid by team since it's an expansion only, not also a renovation); 100M Down Payment (all from Stadium Fund) Completed.

1.5M remaining over 4 seasons:

1992: $375k
1993: $375k
1994: $375k
1995: $375k

[CSCommish]

Pirates move into expanded stadium; now there are 65,000 seats.

[CSCommish]

1992 Payment Completed; 3 Payments Remaining.

[CSCommish]

1993 Payment Completed; 2 Payments Remaining.

[CSCommish]

1994 Payment Completed (in Spreadsheet). 1 Payment Remaining.

[CSCommish]

1995 Payment Completed (in Spreadsheet).

[CSCommish]

Project Complete.