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The Ruoff Music Center is an open-air concert venue capable of hosting live, high-profile concerts and outdoor music festivals. It opened in 1989, at a site along Sand Creek, just north of exit 210 on Interstate 69, near the junction of former State Road 238 (at the time also known as Greenfield Avenue; now rebuilt and renamed as Southeastern Parkway), 146th Street and Boden Road.
Shortly after PPG Paints was built, the Arena Football League considered starting an expansion team in the arena, [69] but the league folded in August 2009. [70] However, after a two-year hiatus, the AFL returned and eyed an expansion team in Pittsburgh. [71] On August 19, 2010, news sources reported that PPG Paints Arena would be home to the ...
This is a list of seating capacities for sports and entertainment arenas in the United States with at least 1,000 seats. The list is composed mostly of arenas that house sports teams (basketball, ice hockey, arena soccer and arena football) and serve as indoor venues for concerts and expositions.
The Petersen Events Center (more commonly known as "The Pete" [3]) is a 12,508-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in the Oakland neighborhood. The arena is named for philanthropists John Petersen and his wife Gertrude, who donated $10 million for its construction. [ 4 ]
Outside of Consol Energy Center (now PPG Paints Arena) in March 2010 before it officially opened. The Penguins hosted the Washington Capitals at Heinz Field during the 2011 Winter Classic . In 2010–11 , the Penguins played their first game in the Consol Energy Center .
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On October 4, 2016, it was announced that The Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh would be giving up its naming rights, and transferred to PPG, making the arena named the PPG Paints Arena. [53] PPG also partners with Formula 1 racing teams. They have a partnership with Williams F1 Team since 2017. [54] PPG is the prime sponsor of John Force ...
A proposal for a new sports stadium in Pittsburgh was first made in 1948; however, plans did not attract much attention until the late 1950s. [9] The Pittsburgh Pirates played their home games at Forbes Field, which opened in 1909, [10] and was the second oldest venue in the National League (Philadelphia's Shibe Park/Connie Mack Stadium was oldest, having opened only two months prior to Forbes).