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Heinz Field
Heinz Field
is a
stadium
located in the
North Shore
neighborhood of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
, United States. It primarily serves as the home to the
Pittsburgh Steelers
of the
National Football League
(NFL) and the
Pittsburgh Panthers
of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA). The stadium opened in 2001, after the
controlled implosion
of the teams' previous stadium,
Three Rivers Stadium
. The stadium is named for the locally based
H. J. Heinz Company
, which purchased the
naming rights
in 2001. It hosted the
2011 NHL Winter Classic
between the
Pittsburgh Penguins
and
Washington Capitals
on January 1, 2011.
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