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Heinz Field hosted a women's international exhibition match between the United States and Costa Rica on August 16, 2015. It ended in an 8–0 victory for the United States, in their first match since winning the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup , and set a new attendance record for a standalone women's friendly in the U.S. with 44,028 spectators.
Exposition Park I was the first venue in Pittsburgh that hosted major league baseball. [4] In 1882, the club now known as the Pittsburgh Pirates —then known simply as Allegheny, or informally as "the Alleghenys"—began play at Exposition Park as a member of the American Association ; however, after one season a fire and flooding of the field ...
The Heinz Architectural Center, opened as part of the museum in 1993, is dedicated to the collection, study, and exhibition of architectural drawings, prints and models. [11] Most of these are from the 19th and 20th centuries.
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It is owned jointly by the City of Pittsburgh and the Sports & Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County [1] Established in 2001, North Shore Riverfront Park stretches about one mile (1.6 km) between the Kamin Science Center and the Three Sisters bridges— Roberto Clemente Bridge , Andy Warhol Bridge , and Rachel Carson Bridge .
Local businessman Henry J. Heinz was the last elected president of the society. [1] A final agreement of the sale of the Exposition property was reported in the April 9, 1920 edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; however, a transfer was never finalized. Pittsburgh city council agreed to lease and used the Expo property for the city's auto pound.
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 Heinz History Center seen from the Strip District in Pittsburgh in July 2007. In 1879, a club called Old Residents of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania was founded. In 1884, leaders changed the organization's name to the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania (HSWP); it has been operating continuously since then and is the Pittsburgh region's oldest cultural organization.