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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 ...
The smallest stadium is Soldier Field with a capacity of 61,500. In their normal configurations, all of the league's 30 stadiums have a seating capacity of at least 60,000 spectators; of those, a majority (17) have fewer than 70,000 seats, while 8 have between 70,000 and 80,000, and 5 can seat 80,000 or more. In contrast to college football ...
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).
During its opening season, PNC Park's seating capacity of 38,496 was the second-smallest of any major league stadium (the smallest being Fenway Park). [ 8 ] [ 105 ] Seats are angled toward the field and aisles are lowered to give spectators improved views of the field. [ 106 ]
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.
Only stadiums with a capacity of 40,000 or more are included in this list. Stadiums that are defunct or closed, or those that no longer serve as competitive sports venues (such as Great Strahov Stadium, which was the largest in the world and held around 250,000 spectators), are not included. They are listed under List of closed stadiums by ...
Defunct American football stadiums by capacity. Atlanta Falcons, Georgia State Panthers, the Chick-fil-A Bowl game, the SEC Championship Game, and hosted a College Football semifinal game once every three years. San Diego Chargers, San Diego State Aztecs, the Holiday Bowl and Poinsettia Bowl games.
During 2003–04, major parts of the stadium were rebuilt; this reduced the maximum capacity to 49,951 (of which around 8,000 are standing spaces). [citation needed] Before 2003, the stadium had had high floodlight masts (referred to by locals as "toothbrushes"), track and field facilities inclusive [clarification needed] and about 60% was open ...