The fans are great and Pittsburgh is a fun town.
My GF and I had a great time. The way the team displays the Super Trophies and "lockers" of their greats was way cool. They have a whole area of bars around the stadium where the places set up grills and bars and they just sell the food and beer. It's like a huge tailgate.
We stayed about five miles away from the stadium. We took a bus downtown and walked to the stadium from there. Maybe 20 minutes. Walked through the art district, across the river to the baseball park, then along the river to the stadium. It was real nice.
The fans and people everywhere were friendly and just fun.
I loved it and plan to go back for a baseball game this summer.
it'd be easier to play ketchup there, ya know.
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"Handful of Blues" Lp it was at the Graffiti Show Case
Awesome Venue great people there as well really cool
club ..
it'd be easier to play ketchup there, ya know.
Oy vey.
it'd be easier to play ketchup there, ya know.
I laughed harder at that then I should have.
- Abe Lincoln
First of all, some Steelers fans behind us commented that they had never so many fans of the opposing team at Heinz. So kudos to Steelers fans.
Nothing was ever over the top, but I got taunted for much of the game. It got to the point that as we were leaving, my friend apologized for the behavior of some of the fans.
Late in the game, my friend left to use the bathroom. Then the Giants failed to convert on fourth down for the last time, and Giants fans left in droves. I was the lone Giants fan still sitting in my area, and I became a lightning rod for the Steelers fans. Again, nothing over the top, but I didn't respond to anyone then, because I had a feeling if I did, someone would cross a line. Finally, my buddy got back at the two minute warning and called me from the aisle and we left.
First of all, some Steelers fans behind us commented that they had never so many fans of the opposing team at Heinz. So kudos to Steelers fans.
Nothing was ever over the top, but I got taunted for much of the game. It got to the point that as we were leaving, my friend apologized for the behavior of some of the fans.
Late in the game, my friend left to use the bathroom. Then the Giants failed to convert on fourth down for the last time, and Giants fans left in droves. I was the lone Giants fan still sitting in my area, and I became a lightning rod for the Steelers fans. Again, nothing over the top, but I didn't respond to anyone then, because I had a feeling if I did, someone would cross a line. Finally, my buddy got back at the two minute warning and called me from the aisle and we left.
Correction. Kudos to Giants fans.
The city was alright, but I didn't come away thinking it was great. We probably had the most fun on the trip to Buffalo (went over the border a few times, so you know how fun that is). Obviously, San Fran and New Orleans trips gave us the best overall visits, but those games were atrocious (New Orleans was in '09 when we lost 48-27 and San Fran was in '11 when we lost 27-20 on that end zone PI no call).
Would've been awesome
I have never seen so much blue at Heinz Field....it was kind of surprising considering when the Rangers play in Pittsburgh they have very few fans.
They also have the Andy Warhol museum right there and my wife who is an art teacher really enjoyed visiting that early in the day. You can do screen printing and other fun activities. The city is a lot of fun. And if you're in your twenties or thirties it would be a blast to live there.
Food was ok and really inexpensive, as was the city as a whole. Meat and Potatoes was great! Thanks for the recomendation. Had the country fried pork loin with fried eggs and capers, and the chicken and waffles with half a fried chicken. Primanti Brother's was good, little touristy as warned, but huge sandwich for $8. Couldn't go to Pitt without going there right? Pamela's Diner had an A+, killer breakfast. Helped take some sting away from that beating we watched Sunday.
We were going to just Uber it to the game, but decided to just drive the rental truck and tailgate. With the chance of rain, and freezing temps it was nice to have a place to warm up throughout the day and be a hundred yards away from the stadium entrance/exit. Parked in the (Carnegie?) lot with lots of Blue, knew we'd be at home. It's what all the other Giants fans said they did too. Met some great, friendly fans on both sides grilling, drinking, tossing footballs and cornhole. Good post game party too. Grilling and drinking with very hospitable Pitt fans waiting for the lot to clear while my buddy went to the casino and hit for 2K.
Nice stadium. Good sight lines from the upper deck bleachers and lower endzone corner. Originally we were up in the upper deck but decided we had to move by halftime. The guy next to us was very nice but would not SHUT UP!! Just on and on about the local high school teams, and him doing his own play by play but really off! So we went down to the 100's section and tried to stand off to the side. Eventually the usher told us we couldn't stand there, so I said there were a couple of real drunk A-holes up in our section and we thought it was best to just move and avoid a "situation". It worked! He let us stand there and after a few minutes into the 3rd he showed us to 2 empty seats :)
Man, shitty game. I thought we were going to be in for a close one. Pretty much downhill after winning the coin toss. Giants fans had the D Fense chant going a bit for the first 2 drives but were very quiet after that. Between the COLD, the poor play and some seemingly shitty calls Giants fans were taken out of the game. I think for the most part the Pitt crowd was pretty quiet. Although the game being so one sided took some intensity away IMO. Definitely not the December back and forth slugfest I anticipated.
But man, I guess I see why they call it the rust belt. Outside of downtown that city looks like it is falling apart. It felt like the Penguins and Steelers are what held that city together.