Three Rivers Stadium

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defunct stadium multi-purpose stadium sports venue

Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose sports venue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers and MLB’s Pittsburgh Pirates from 1970 until its demolition in 2001.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct stadium → multi-purpose stadium → sports venue →
alsoUsedFor	college football games → concerts → soccer matches →
architecturalStyle	multi-purpose circular bowl →
builtOn	North Shore of the Ohio River →
category	Defunct Major League Baseball venues → Defunct National Football League venues → Demolished sports venues in Pennsylvania → Sports venues in Pittsburgh →
city	Pittsburgh →
constructionStart	late 1960s →
coordinates	40.446°N 80.007°W →
country	United States →
demolished	2001 →
demolitionDate	February 11, 2001 →
demolitionMethod	implosion →
era	cookie-cutter stadium era →
homeTeam	Pittsburgh Pirates → Pittsburgh Steelers →
hostedLeague	Major League Baseball → National Football League → United States Football League →
hostedTeam	Pittsburgh Maulers →
hostedWorldSeriesGames	1971 World Series → 1979 World Series →
location	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania →
namedAfter	confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers →
notableEvent	1994 MLB All-Star Game → Immaculate Reception → multiple AFC Championship Games →
opened	1970 →
openingDate	July 16, 1970 →
operator	Stadium Authority of the City of Pittsburgh →
owner	City of Pittsburgh →
precededBy	Forbes Field → Pitt Stadium →
primaryUse	American football → baseball →
replacedBy	Heinz Field → PNC Park →
seatingCapacity	approximately 47,000 for baseball → approximately 59,000 for football →
state	Pennsylvania →
surface	AstroTurf → artificial turf →
tenant	Pittsburgh Pirates → Pittsburgh Steelers →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Steel Curtain defense of the 1970s →	associatedWith
Acrisure Stadium →	builtToReplace
Pittsburgh Pirates →	formerHomeBallpark
Pittsburgh Steelers →	formerStadium
1979 World Series →	NLHomeBallpark
Buccos →	previousHomeBallpark
PNC Park →	replaced
Forbes Field →	scoreboardRelocatedTo
Forbes Field →	successorVenue