Forbes Field

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baseball stadium multi-purpose stadium stadium

Forbes Field was a historic multi-purpose stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, best known as the longtime home of Major League Baseball’s Pittsburgh Pirates and a venue for early NFL games.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Forbes Field canonical	23
Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	baseball stadium ⓘ multi-purpose stadium ⓘ stadium ⓘ
architect	Charles Wellford Leavitt ⓘ
brokeGround	1908-01-01 ⓘ
capacity	about 25,000 at opening ⓘ over 35,000 at peak ⓘ
cityNeighborhood	Oakland ⓘ
closed	1970-06-28 ⓘ
constructionMaterial	steel and concrete ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
demolished	1971-07-01 ⓘ
designFeature	asymmetrical outfield dimensions ⓘ no roof over the grandstand ⓘ
famousFor	picturesque setting and early modern ballpark design ⓘ site of first live radio broadcast of a Major League Baseball game ⓘ
firstMLBRadioBroadcastYear	1921 ⓘ
historicStatus	portions preserved as historic landmark ⓘ
homeTeam	Pitt Panthers ⓘ surface form: Pittsburgh Panthers baseball Pitt Panthers ⓘ surface form: Pittsburgh Panthers football Pittsburgh Pirates ⓘ Pittsburgh Steelers ⓘ
leagueHosted	Major League Baseball ⓘ National Football League ⓘ
leftFieldWallSectionPreservedAt	University of Pittsburgh ⓘ surface form: University of Pittsburgh campus
location	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
namedAfter	William Forbes ⓘ
notableEvent	1960 World Series ⓘ Bill Mazeroski’s Game 7 walk-off home run in 1960 World Series ⓘ
opened	1909-06-30 ⓘ
outfieldWallMaterial	brick ⓘ
owner	Pittsburgh Pirates ⓘ
scoreboardRelocatedTo	Three Rivers Stadium ⓘ
siteUse	University of Pittsburgh ⓘ surface form: University of Pittsburgh campus
successorVenue	Three Rivers Stadium ⓘ
surface	natural grass ⓘ
tenantEnd	Pittsburgh Panthers baseball 1998 ⓘ Pittsburgh Panthers football 1924 ⓘ Pittsburgh Pirates 1970 ⓘ Pittsburgh Steelers ⓘ surface form: Pittsburgh Steelers 1963
tenantStart	Pittsburgh Panthers baseball 1909 ⓘ Pittsburgh Panthers football 1909 ⓘ Pittsburgh Pirates 1909 ⓘ Pittsburgh Steelers 1933 ⓘ
worldSeriesHosted	1909 World Series ⓘ 1925 World Series ⓘ 1927 World Series ⓘ 1960 World Series ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pittsburgh Steelers → formerStadium → Forbes Field ⓘ

Pittsburgh Pirates → formerHomeBallpark → Forbes Field ⓘ

Fred Clarke → associatedWith → Forbes Field ⓘ

Exposition Park → replacedBy → Forbes Field ⓘ

Buccos → previousHomeBallpark → Forbes Field ⓘ

Three Rivers Stadium → precededBy → Forbes Field ⓘ

1909 World Series → PittsburghHomeBallpark → Forbes Field ⓘ

Bucs → formerHomeBallpark → Forbes Field ⓘ

Homestead Grays → homeBallpark → Forbes Field ⓘ

1925 World Series games → ballpark → Forbes Field ⓘ