City of Champions

With all this recent hype due to the Pittsburgh Penguins climbing the playoff ladder, we figured there’s no better time than now to let you know a little bit about Pittsburgh Sports! First deemed the “City of Champions” in the 1970’s due to our multiple championship wins in Baseball, Football and Hockey, Pittsburgh has stayed true to its reputation being named “Best Sports City” by Sports News in 2009. With the Steelers, Pirates and Penguins, Pittsburgh has a sport for every fan. And when you come here, you won’t be allowed to forget it either!

While many cities have different sports teams, what makes Pittsburgh so amazing is the common ground found in black and yellow. Unlike other cities, the colors of every Pittsburgh team are black and yellow. Whether intentional or not, what this did was create a phenomenon. Instead of finding a division amongst fans of different sports in the same city, the city’s official colors have created a foundation from which all fans can unite. When you wear a Steelers jersey, you’re not just a football fan. When you wear a Penguins jersey, you’re not just a hockey fan. And when you wear a Pirates jersey, you’re not just a baseball fan. Rather, the colors of those black and yellow uniforms instill pride in not just a sport, but the beautiful city of Pittsburgh itself. Black and yellow is a platform on which all Pittsburghers can stand. It’s a platform of pride. A platform of unity. It’s a symbol of camaraderie.

One of the best parts about Pittsburgh sports is that they make the city more beautiful. And we’re not just talking about the influx of good looking fans, but the actual stadiums themselves. A Pittsburgh Stadium (see photos below) is not just a pile of bricks. Carefully designed and well thought out, Pittsburgh stadiums are breathtaking in themselves. Located on the banks of the Allegheny River, both PNC Park and Heinz Field are designed in a way that leaves one stadium open to a magnificent view of the yellow Pittsburgh bridges and downtown skyscrapers. The hockey stadium, also known as the Consol Energy Center, which serves as an indoor multi-purpose arena for concerts, monster truck derbys, wrestling matches, the NCAA Championships, and much more, sits between 15,000 and 20,000 people depending on the venue and is one of the most technologically savvy stadiums in the nation. And if you miss out on getting hockey tickets, no worries. You can catch it with tons of other Pittsburgh fans on a big screen TV, where every hockey game is projected, right outside the stadium walls.

And if watching games from the comfort of a bar is more your speed, well then you came to the right city. With tons of bars and restaurants lining the streets of every neighborhood from North Side to Oakland, you better believe that no matter where you walk into, the game will be on the TV! After all, whether it’s time to be fancy or time to chill out, when you live in a city like Pittsburgh, it’s always time for sports!

Consol Energy Center

PNC Park

Heinz Field