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PNC Park is a baseball stadium on the North Shore of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.It is the fifth location to serve as the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates. [8] [9] Opened during the 2001 MLB season, PNC Park sits along the Allegheny River with a view of the Downtown Pittsburgh skyline.
The Point Park Civic Center was a proposed civic center for downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, where the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers forms the Ohio River. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the structure on a commission from Edgar J. Kaufmann in the late 1940s.
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970.It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's National Football League (NFL) franchise.
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).
However, in 1946, Roy Hamey left his position as president of the second American Association to become the Pirates' first general manager. [3] The franchise's second general manager, Branch Rickey, was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1967. [4] Hired in September 2007, Neal Huntington is the Pirates's previous general manager. [5]
From the late 1930s through the 1940s, the Grays played their home games at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and West Field in Munhall, PA. West Field still stands to this day with modern upgrades, and home plate is still in the exact position that Josh Gibson himself played catcher.
The statue, designed by artist Susan Wagner, stands outside PNC Park's right field gate. It depicts Mazeroski rounding second base, jumping for joy with his batting helmet in his right hand, after hitting the game-winning home run. Wagner modeled it after a photograph taken by James Klingensmith of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Heidelberg Raceway was an American auto racing track which was built near Heidelberg, Pennsylvania in Scott Township, Allegheny County, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It held weekly races and numerous special events between 1948 and 1973.