Heinz Field

Heinz Field is the home stadium of the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers and College Football team the University of Pittsburgh Panthers. The stadium is located in the North Shore neighborhood of Pittsburgh, across the Allegheny River from downtown. The stadium holds approximately 74,000 people. Among the stadium's unique features are two Heinz Ketchup bottles at the end-zone that tilt and seem to pour ketchup when the Steelers are in the "Red-Zone." Heinze acquired the naming rights to the stadium for $57 million, in keeping with Heinz's 57 varieties.

The stadium was built with a mixture of public and private funds to replace the city's old football and baseball stadium, Three Rivers Stadium. The old Three Rivers site now serves as a parking lot for both Heinz Field and PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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• New York Times: A Wild Card for the Playoffs: Heinz Field (2007)

• KDKA.com: Low Water Pressure Closes Restrooms At Heinz Field (2007)

• Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Inside Heinz Field

• USA Today: Steelers to Install New Grass-turf Blend at Heinz Field (2001)

• Yahoo! Finance: Allied Waste Awarded Exclusive Contract Through 2014 (09/12/2007)

• Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Heinz Field: A Football Renaissance

• ABC News: FBI: Heinz Field Break-In Not Terrorism (2006)

• 1999: June 18 Groundbreaking Ceremonies

• 1999: July Foundation Construction Begins

• 2000: January Steel Construction Begins

• 2001: May Turf Installed

• 2001: June H.J. Heinz Company Naming Rights Acquired

• 2001: August Official Stadium Opening

• 2001: September 16 Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cleveland Browns postponed due to September 11 Events

• 2001: October 7 Pittsburgh Steelers Homer Opener against Cincinnati Bengals

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• AllPosters.com: Heinz Field Posters

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