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Acrisure Stadium. / 40.44667°N 80.01583°W / 40.44667; -80.01583. Acrisure Stadium, formerly (and still colloquially) known as Heinz Field, is a football stadium located in the North Shore neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It primarily serves as the home of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League ...
New Mexico State) (January 28, 2001, Super Bowl XXXV, Baltimore Ravens vs. New York Giants)[ 122] 93,246 (2019 Vs. Notre Dame)[ 132] (September 17, 2005 vs. New Mexico State)[ 159] ^ Largest football crowd. Larger attendance records may exist for other configurations of the stadium.
Alumni Hall at the University of Pittsburgh is a Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark [3] that was formerly known as the Masonic Temple in Pittsburgh. Constructed in 1914–1915, it was designed by renowned architect Benno Janssen of Janssen & Abbot Architects. Other buildings in Pittsburgh 's Oakland Cultural District ...
The University of Pittsburgh football program was an independent for the majority of its history. It joined the Big East Conference for football in 1991, the inaugural year that the Big East sponsored the sport. Pitt won a share of the Big East football championship in 2004 and 2010. In 2013, Pitt joined the ACC.
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 ]
Henry J. Heinz. The chapel was a gift of German-American Henry John Heinz, founder of the H.J. Heinz Company, who wanted to honor his mother, Anna Margaretha Heinz, with a building at the university. Upon his death in 1919, Heinz's three surviving children (Howard, Irene, and Clifford) added to his bequest to memorialize their grandmother and ...
Steve Swetonic – Major League Baseball player [17] Joe Walton – head coach of New York Jets, 1983–1989. Dave Wannstedt – coach for several NFL and college teams, including University of Pittsburgh. John Woodruff ( Col. 1939) – gold medalist in 800 meters at 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Founded by Hugh Henry Brackenridge as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787, the University of Pittsburgh is among a select group of universities and colleges established in the 18th century in the United States. It is the oldest continuously chartered institution of learning in the U.S., west of the Allegheny Mountains. [ 2]