Pittsburgh Pirates add new food options, concessions at PNC Park ahead of 2026 season
THIS IS PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR WITH BREAKING NEWS. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT 4:00. I’M ANDREW STOCKEY AND I’M KELLY SASSO. WE ARE COMING ON THE AIR RIGHT NOW WITH SOME BREAKING NEWS IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH, WHICH TOPS OUR TOP FOUR STORIES AT 4:00 TODAY. GETTING RIGHT TO IT, WE ARE LOOKING HERE AT SOME SKY FOUR VIDEO OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO A MAN’S DEATH. POLICE SAY HIS BODY WAS FOUND JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO ON FORSYTH STREET. THAT’S THE CITY’S MARSHALL-SHADELAND NEIGHBORHOOD. WE CAN SEE HERE IN THE VIDEO CRIME SCENE. INVESTIGATORS ARE THERE. WE HAVE A CREW ON THE WAY TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION. WE WILL BRING YOU THE VERY LATEST AS WE GET IT. MEANTIME, BIG NEWS FROM THE PENGUINS THIS AFTERNOON. CAPTAIN SIDNEY CROSBY REJOINING THE TEAM. HE’S BEEN INJURED SINCE THE OLYMPICS. HE IS EXPECTED TO PLAY TONIGHT IN CAROLINA. THE FEDERAL RESERVE EXPECTS THE IRAN WAR WILL WORSEN INFLATION. THEY LEFT INTEREST RATES UNCHANGED TODAY. GAS PRICES ALSO CONTINUE TO RISE. THE AVERAGE RIGHT NOW IN PITTSBURGH IS GETTING CLOSE TO $4 A GALLON. WITH FIVE WEEKS TO GO UNTIL THE NFL DRAFT, THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE TREES AROUND ACRISURE STADIUM HAS BEGUN ALL. PART TO THE PROCESS TO MAKE SPACE FOR THE DRAFT STAGE. THE CITY PLANS TO REPLACE THOSE TREES AFTER THE NFL DRAFT. AND THOSE ARE YOUR TOP FOUR STORIES AT 4:00. TIME NOW TO TURN OUR ATTENTION TO PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER. WE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE GETTING SOME GOOD NEWS. METEOROLOGIST BRIAN JUNIOR HERE WITH A LOOK AT THE CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. WE’RE GETTING CLOSE TO SPRING OFFICIALLY SPRING ON FRIDAY. AND FINALLY, AFTER TODAY, IT’S GOING TO START TO FEEL THAT WAY. YEAH, WE’LL WARM UP TOMORROW AND ACTUALLY GET REALLY WARM THIS WEEKEND WITH SOME RAINDROPS IN BETWEEN. BUT WE ARE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH OUR TEMPERATURES. RAIN. CHANCES ARE HERE FOR US ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. FRIDAY IS LIKELY THE BETTER CHANCE AS A WEAK COLD FRONT DROPS IN THAT WILL TOUCH OFF A FEW SHOWERS. WE’LL KEEP AN EYE ON THESE. RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THEY COULD ARRIVE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WAS ALSO THE SAME SYSTEM WE EXPECTED TO SEE TOMORROW, SO IT SLOWED DOWN A BIT. SO WE’LL KEEP AN EYE ON THE TIMING WITH THIS. BUT THIS WILL BE A QUICK MOVING SYSTEM WITH THOSE RAIN SHOWERS AGAIN CLEARING LATE IN THE DAY. WE’LL PUSH 70 THIS WEEKEND BEFORE WE WATCH FOR MORE RAIN SHOWERS ON SUNDAY. THOSE ARE LIKELY LATER IN THE DAY AND EARLY ON MONDAY. WE ARE STRUGGLING TO GET BACK ABOVE FREEZING FOR MANY OF US. THE WARM SPOTS WE’RE USING THAT LOOSELY. 37 IN GREENSBURG AS WELL AS MORGANTOWN, IS 33 IN THE CITY. MONROEVILLE CONTAINING BEAVER AND NEW CASTLE. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO 50 TOMORROW. SMALL SHOWER CHANCE. MOST OF THE DAY IS DRY. 60 ON FRIDAY 63. SATURDAY NEAR 70 ON SUNDAY. IT WILL STAY PRETTY SEASONAL AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK AND DRIER AS WELL. HEADING INTO NEXT WEEK. SO WINTER BEGINNING TO LET GO A LITTLE BIT. IT IS. I THINK SPRING IS AT THIS POINT TRYING TO EVICT WINTER. PUSH IT OUT. KICK IT HARD. YES. ALL RIGHT BRIAN, THANKS SO MUCH. GLAD WE HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS. YES. LET’S TURN NOW TO OUR BIG STORY ON THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE CAPTAIN IS BACK. TO THE LINEUP TONIGHT IN CAROLINA. AND WITH THAT NEWS, WE WANT TO BRING IN ASHLEY ALIOTIS HERE WITH PITTSBURGH’S ACTION SPORTS. SO ASHLEY, WE ACTUALLY JUST HEARD FROM THE CAPTAIN A SHORT TIME AGO. YEAH, GUYS, HE IS OFFICIALLY BACK. SIDNEY CROSBY IS BACK IN THE LINEUP AFTER 11 LONG GAMES AND PENS FANS EVERYWHERE CAN BREATHE A LITTLE BIT EASIER. SIDNEY CROSBY WENT DOWN WITH HIS LOWER BODY INJURY WHEN HE WAS PLAYING FOR TEAM CANADA EXACTLY FOUR WEEKS AGO. NOW, AFTER BEING PLACED ON THE IR, HE’LL RETURN TONIGHT AGAINST CAROLINA. WE KNEW THIS COULD BE A POSSIBILITY SINCE SYD TRAVELED ON THIS FIVE GAME ROAD STRETCH WITH THE TEAM. HE’S BEEN SKATING FOR A WHILE AT PRACTICE, BUT SAYS THIS WASN’T EXACTLY THE TARGET DATE TO RETURN. YEAH, I THINK IT’S JUST BEEN A MATTER OF HOW I FEEL. AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU’VE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MADE SURE THAT EVERYTHING’S GOOD, YOU KNOW, IN EVERY WAY, WHETHER IT’S, YOU KNOW, THE INJURY ITSELF OR, YOU KNOW, BEING READY TO PLAY ALL THAT STUFF. SO YEAH, I DON’T THINK, I DON’T THINK SPECIFICALLY TODAY WAS A TARGET. IT WAS JUST MORE ABOUT THAT. THE PENS HAVE 15 GAMES LEFT. THAT’S IT. IN THE REGULAR SEASON. THE FIRST ONE OF THAT IS TONIGHT AGAINST THE HURRICANES. PUCK DROP AT 7:00. AND THEY DO PRETTY WELL IN HIS ABSENCE. THEY HAVE THEM PRETTY WELL EIGHT POINTS IN 11 GAMES 13 POINTS TOTAL. HE WAS PRETTY IMPRESSED BY THAT. WATCHING FROM THE PRESS BOX ALL OF THOSE GAMES. LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS NOW THAT HE’S BACK GETTING EXCITING. YEAH THANKS SO MUCH. LET’S TURN NOW TO FOR YOUR COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON. THE FEDERAL RESERVE HAS DECIDED NOT TO LOWER INTEREST RATES. LAST YEAR, THE CENTRAL BANK MADE THREE RATE CUTS. THE BIG WRENCH THIS TIME IS HOW RISING OIL PRICES DUE TO THE CONFLICT IN IRAN WILL RIPPLE THROUGH THE ECONOMY. THE LONG RANGE FORECAST ISN’T REALLY CHANGING. POLICYMAKERS APPEAR TO EXPECT THE GAS PRICE SPIKE FROM THE IRAN WAR TO HAVE A LARGELY TEMPORARY EFFECT ON INFLATION, AND ON THE ECONOMY. ALL THIS, OF COURSE, HAS AN IMPACT ON THE MARKETS. LET’S TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT THE BIG BOARD. EXCUSE ME. TRAIN JUST COMING TO AN END. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DOW FALLING BY 768 POINTS TODAY. LOOK AT THE REST OF WALL STREET A BIT LATER IN THIS NEWSCAST. IF YOU NEED TO GET GAS IN YOUR CAR, YOU BETTER GO NOW BEFORE THE PRICE GOES UP AGAIN. YEAH. HOW ABOUT THIS? PRICES ARE NOW GETTING CLOSE TO THE $4 MARK. THE CURRENT AVERAGE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR HERE IN PITTSBURGH IS SITTING AT 3.84. PRICES HAVE GONE UP ABOUT $0.70 SINCE THIS WAR IN IRAN BEGAN. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER YASMIN RODRIGUEZ WENT AROUND TOWN TODAY TO FIND SOME OF THE MOST AND LEAST EXPENSIVE OPTIONS. YOUR EYES HAVE NOT BEEN DECEIVING YOU. GAS PRICES ARE RISING ONCE AGAIN, AND YOU’LL BE SHOCKED TO KNOW BY JUST HOW MUCH. IN JUST ONE MONTH. IN THE PITTSBURGH MARKET TODAY, GAS PRICE IS ABOUT $0.65, MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THEY WERE THIS TIME ONE MONTH AGO. AND THAT SAME TIME FRAME NATIONWIDE, THERE ARE ABOUT $0.92 MORE EXPENSIVE. THAT’S RIGHT, ALMOST $1 IN JUST ONE MONTH. AND JIM GARRITY WITH TRIPLE A SAYS THIS DRASTIC INCREASE IN PRICES IS A DIRECT CORRELATION TO WHAT’S HAPPENING IN IRAN. GARRITY SAYS RIGHT NOW, OIL IS STILL IN THE 90 TO $100 RANGE. BUT IF YOU LOOK BACK TO JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, IT WAS IN THE $60 RANGE. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE U.S. DOES NOT IMPORT IRANIAN OIL, BUT IT’S GLOBALLY TRADED AS A COMMODITY. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE AN INSTANCE LIKE WHAT’S HAPPENING IN IRAN, THOSE RIPPLE EFFECTS ARE QUICK TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES WHEN IT INCREASES THAT MUCH, $30, $40, THEN YOU DEFINITELY SEE SOME BIG IMPACT AT THE PUMP. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IS THE USUAL TIME WHEN GAS PRICES GO UP. ANYWAYS. NOW COMING UP AT FIVE, WE’LL SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE TRICKS AND TIPS WE LEARNED ON HOW TO REALLY SAVE MONEY WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING YOUR GAS. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN WILKINSBURG, YASMIN RODRIGUEZ, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. WE’RE COUNTING YOU DOWN TO THE NFL DRAFT. JUST OVER FIVE WEEKS TO GO UNTIL THE FOOTBALL WORLD TAKES OVER OUR CITY, ALONG WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS. TODAY, WE’RE STARTING TO SEE MORE WORK BEING DONE ON THE NORTH SHORE. CHECK IT OUT. CREWS STARTED THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE TREES NEAR ACRISURE STADIUM. THIS IS A STORY WE FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT LAST WEEK. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER KALEA GUNDERSON JOINS US LIVE NOW FROM THE NORTH SHORE. SO KAYLEE, HOW ARE THINGS PROGRESSING OUT THERE? ANDREW. REMOVAL CREWS WERE WORKING APARTMENT ON BOULEVARD TODAY RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF THE GREAT HALL. YOU CAN SEE THESE TWO LARGER TREES CUT DOWN TO THE STUMP. THIS AREA. AND WE EXPECT THOSE TO BE GROUND DOWN AND FLATTENED WHEN THEY’RE READY TO BRING THAT STAGE IN. NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THE TREE AND LANDSCAPING SERVICE. TAKING OUT THOSE TREES ONE BY ONE. 20 TREES IN TOTAL. TODAY WAS THE GOAL AND THEY EXPECT TO REMOVE AROUND 86 BEFORE THEY CAN BEGIN CONSTRUCTION. OUR GOAL IS TO BE WRAPPED UP WITH ALL THE TREE AND SHRUB REMOVAL BY NEXT FRIDAY, WHICH IS THE 27TH OF MARCH, AND THEN THE NFL IS GOING TO BE IN TOWN AND THEY’RE GOING TO START THEIR THEIR BUILD PROCESS. SO THAT’S OUR GOAL IS NEXT FRIDAY. AND THEN WE WILL START TO SEE THE MAIN STAGE FOR THE NFL DRAFT BEING CONSTRUCTED RIGHT HERE. KELLY, ANDREW AND KELLY. THERE IS A PLAN FOR REPLANTING THOSE TREES RIGHT. RIGHT. THE CITY SAYS THEY PLAN TO REPLANT THE MAJORITY. SO THEY’RE LOOKING AT AROUND 60 OF THOSE TREES THAT WILL GO BACK IN THROUGHOUT IN ALL OF THESE PLOTS, THROUGHOUT, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE STADIUM. AND WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT WORK ONCE IT GETS STARTED. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY ON THE NORTH SHORE KALEA GUNDERSON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. ALL RIGHT, KELLY, THANK YOU. MUCH OF THE NORMAL BUSINESS AROUND THE CITY IS CALLING SOME AUDIBLES AHEAD OF THE EVENT. YESTERDAY IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL BE SWITCHING TO REMOTE LEARNING FOR THREE DAYS OF THE DRAFT. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER MARCIE CIPRIANI IS JOINING US LIVE THIS AFTERNOON. MARCY, HOW ARE PARENTS REACTING TO THAT? WELL, WE GOT MIXED REVIEWS FROM PARENTS, BUT PITTSBURGH, PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS SAYS THAT THE REASON THEY HAVE DECIDED TO GO TO REMOTE LEARNING FOR THREE DAYS IS FOR SAFETY, AND THEY’RE STARTING THIS THE DAY BEFORE THE DRAFT BEGINS. NOW, ACCORDING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HE RELEASED THIS LETTER. HE POINTS TO 500,000 TO 700,000 VISITORS EXPECTED IN THE CITY DURING THAT TIME. HE WROTE THAT SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC CONGESTION, ROAD CLOSURES AND TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES LED TO THE DECISION TO MOVE TO A SYNCHRONOUS OR OFFLINE LEARNING. THAT IS THE PART PARENTS I SPOKE WITH SAY THEY DON’T LIKE. IF WE’RE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY. ALL RIGHT, COOL. BUT THEY SHOULD BE WITH THEIR TEACHERS ONLINE INSTEAD OF KIND OF DOING THE WORK AT THEIR OWN PACE. SO, MARCY, ANY IDEA WHY THEY MADE THE DECISION TO GO OFFLINE RATHER THAN VIRTUAL INSTRUCTOR LED LEARNING? YEAH. ANDREW. I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ASKED HIM SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT. HE TELLS ME THAT THE DRAFT IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY, AND HE WANTS TO ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO GO DOWN AND EXPERIENCE THE DRAFT IF THEY WANT TO. SO HE DECIDED THAT LEARNING SHOULD HAPPEN AT THEIR OWN PACE, AND THAT’S WHY HE CHOSE TO DO LEARNING THIS WAY. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY FROM SCHENLEY PARK, MARCIE CIPRIANI PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. MARCY THANK YOU. AND DON’T FORGET, WTAE CHANNEL 4 IS YOUR HOME FOR THE NFL DRAFT. YOU CAN CATCH UP ON ALL OUR COVERAGE AS PITTSBURGH TRANSFORMS INTO DRAFT CENTRAL. YOU’LL SEE IT ALL ON WTAE.COM AS WELL AS ON OUR MOBILE APP. PITTSBURGH’S PERRY NORTH NEIGHBORHOOD NOW, WHERE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE MAN THAT MULTIPLE WOMEN SAY EXPOSED HIMSELF TO THEM, POLICE SAY HE DID IT TO AT LEAST FOUR WOMEN AT RIVERVIEW PARK IN THE PAST WEEK. POLICE BELIEVE HE IS JONAH ROBIE, A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER OUT OF TEXAS. OFFICERS SAW HIM IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF THE REPORTED INCIDENTS AND ALSO SAY HE MATCHED THE VICTIM’S DESCRIPTIONS. A WARRANT IS NOW OUT FOR HIS A MAN IS IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE STOMACH. THIS HAPPENED OUTSIDE THE GALAXY LOUNGE ON KELLY STREET, NOW NOT FAR FROM THERE. A SECOND SCENE IN THE PARKING LOT OF C, C A C POLICE TELL US THE MAN WAS SHOT IN THE STOMACH TO SAVE HIS LIFE. FIRST RESPONDERS GAVE HIM A WHOLE BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN THE FIELD. HE WAS THEN RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AND HE IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. NO WORD ON ANY SUSPECTS THIS AFTERNOON. POLICE SAY TWO PEOPLE IN BEAVER WERE RUNNING A DOG FIGHTING RING. RONALD KETER AND TERRY DECARLO ARE CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE COUNTS OF ANIMAL CRUELTY AND NEGLECT. OFFICERS SAY 23 DOGS WERE SEIZED FROM AN ALIQUIPPA PROPERTY BACK IN JANUARY. THE HUMANE SOCIETY IS CARING FOR THOSE DOGS UNTIL THE OWNERS GIVE UP THEIR RIGHTS. WEST MIFFLIN OFFICIALS SAY 13 PEOPLE ARE NOW FACING CHARGES AFTER A PEACEFUL PROTEST TURNED ROWDY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LOVED ONES WERE MARCHING ALONG KINGWOOD BOULEVARD, REMEMBERING 13 YEAR OLD TERRELL BYERS JUNIOR. THE TEEN WAS KILLED BY A CAR BACK IN DECEMBER ON THAT BUSY STRETCH OF ROAD. POLICE SAY DURING THE PROTEST, PEOPLE BLOCKED ALL LANES OF TRAFFIC. OFFICERS THEN USED PEPPER SPRAY, CLAIMING SOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS BECAME AGGRESSIVE. AND REVIEWING BODY CAMERAS. YOU KNOW, THE THE OFFICERS AND AND THE ALLEGED. HARMED INDIVIDUALS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD. ALL DESERVE FAIR TREATMENT. LAST NIGHT DURING THE WEST MIFFLIN COUNCIL MEETING, THERE WERE ALSO DEMANDS FOR AN UPDATE ON THE CRASH INVESTIGATION. BYERS MOTHER HAS ASKED TO SEE THE VIDEO FROM THAT NIGHT. TH
Pittsburgh Pirates add new food options, concessions at PNC Park ahead of 2026 season
Updated: 4:42 PM EDT Mar 18, 2026
With the 2026 baseball season a little over two weeks away, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced new concessions that fans will be able to get their hands on at PNC Park. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 The organization said in a release Wednesday that traditional Pittsburgh staples, including pierogies, kielbasa, chipped ham, and other local favorites, inspired many of the new items offered this season.The menu will offer several new items, including chipped ham fries, cold pierogi salad, empanadas, smoked turkey leg with mac and cheese, and Nutella beignets. Fans can also walk away with specialty souvenir items, including a Miller Lite Beer Bat and Ice Cream Souvenir Helmets. “There is so much to be excited for this upcoming season, and that list includes our new food offerings around PNC Park,” Pirates President Travis Williams said in the release. “Every year, we work with our partners Aramark Sports + Entertainment to add to our already extensive food offerings to include items that will surely be must-haves for fans attending a Pirates game.”He continued, saying, “This year is no different, and we are especially excited to continue to add Pittsburgh favorites for our local fans as well as those visiting from out of town.” You can view all of PNC Park’s new offerings by visiting their website here. Looking for more news in your area | Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube Channel
PITTSBURGH —
With the 2026 baseball season a little over two weeks away, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced new concessions that fans will be able to get their hands on at PNC Park.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4
The organization said in a release Wednesday that traditional Pittsburgh staples, including pierogies, kielbasa, chipped ham, and other local favorites, inspired many of the new items offered this season.
The menu will offer several new items, including chipped ham fries, cold pierogi salad, empanadas, smoked turkey leg with mac and cheese, and Nutella beignets.
Fans can also walk away with specialty souvenir items, including a Miller Lite Beer Bat and Ice Cream Souvenir Helmets.
“There is so much to be excited for this upcoming season, and that list includes our new food offerings around PNC Park,” Pirates President Travis Williams said in the release. “Every year, we work with our partners Aramark Sports + Entertainment to add to our already extensive food offerings to include items that will surely be must-haves for fans attending a Pirates game.”
He continued, saying, “This year is no different, and we are especially excited to continue to add Pittsburgh favorites for our local fans as well as those visiting from out of town.”
You can view all of PNC Park’s new offerings by visiting their website here.
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