In addition to getting visit my best friend, one of the reason we decided to hit up Pittsburgh was to catch a baseball game & mark another stadium off H’s baseball stadium list.
I’ll have another post about us at the game, and I’ll share mostly details of the beautiful PNC Park in this post.
Set on the banks of the Allegheny River, the stadium has a gorgeous view of downtown & is one of the nicer (newer) parks H has visited.
Lots & lots of fans for the game, especially those from Philadelphia that had come to town. Loved this larger than life statue…
Everything was nice & new, clean & uncrowded. Plenty of places to grab a snack and a drink.
We ended up with some great seat and a gorgeous view of the bridges into downtown.
A few seats in the outfield, but not a ton. Lots of people lining the rafters/risers between levels.
Great seating for everybody & the game was sold out to see the rivalry between the Pirates and the Phillies.
I loved the scoreboard. It was electronic & new, but the light up bulbs gave it an old time feel.
As my husband’s favorite restaurant is a James Coney Island, we were dying laughing at the Hot Dog Song sung by a church!
As the sun sank behind the stadium, downtown was aglow in the late day rays.
On the way out, we went through the main entrance and were treated to some pretty spectacular architecture.
We left a little bit before the game was over to start walking towards our hotel & the stadium was beautiful at twilight.
Little did we know that on some nights, there is a brilliant fireworks show from the river after the game. We were already back in our hotel room, but did manage to watch the through the window.
GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: Bought awesome seats to see Sarah McLachlan when she comes to town in November!
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