Ballpark
Three Rivers Stadium
Pittsburgh · 1970–2000 · config 2000
Plays even
(+0.0 runs for the away team)
Dimensions
LF 335′ · LFA 375′ · LC 375′ · CF 400′ · RC 375′ · RFA 375′ · RF 335′
Walls LF 10′ · CF 10′ · RF 10′
Cookie-cutter at the confluence — Fam-A-Lee years
Cavernous foul ground
Capacity 47,687
Where the rivers meet — turf, concrete, and We Are Family nights.
Overhead diagram
Photograph
About this park
Three Rivers Stadium was Pittsburgh's multipurpose bowl at the confluence — turf, symmetry, and a near-neutral band. It replaced Forbes' cavern with cookie-cutter manners. Pirates clubs still authored nights worth remembering; the building itself stayed fair and impersonal.