{"id":111365,"date":"2026-02-11T20:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/111365\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T20:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:07:08","slug":"three-rivers-stadium-implosion-25th-anniversary-in-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/111365\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Rivers Stadium implosion 25th anniversary in Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYeah.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Three Rivers Stadium implosion in Pittsburgh happened 25 years ago<\/p>\n

Three Rivers Stadium was demolished on Feb. 11, 2001<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 2:05 PM EST Feb 11, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWednesday marks 25 years since Pittsburgh said goodbye to Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh.Watch our archive video of the implosion: Click the video player above.Thousands of people viewed the stadium’s implosion from Point State Park on the morning of Feb. 11, 2001, with thousands more watching from Mount Washington.The former home of the Pirates and Steelers opened in 1970. It hosted two World Series, seven AFC championship games and two Major League Baseball All-Star games.The stadium also played host to many big rock concerts through the years, including Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Genesis, Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, Elton John, Billy Joel, Grateful Dead, and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.Gone in 19 seconds: WTAE archive images of the Three Rivers Stadium implosionPitt Panthers football games were played at Three Rivers on occasion in the 1970s and 80s, and the venue was Pitt’s home for the 2000 season after the demolition of Pitt Stadium.The Pittsburgh Maulers also played at Three Rivers in 1984, the team’s one and only season in the original United States Football League.In 2000, the Pirates and Steelers played their final games at Three Rivers. The teams moved to their current homes at PNC Park and Acrisure Stadium the following season.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tPITTSBURGH \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Wednesday marks 25 years since Pittsburgh said goodbye to Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

Watch our archive video of the implosion: Click the video player above.<\/p>\n

Thousands of people viewed the stadium’s implosion from Point State Park on the morning of Feb. 11, 2001, with thousands more watching from Mount Washington.<\/p>\n

The former home of the Pirates and Steelers opened in 1970. It hosted two World Series, seven AFC championship games and two Major League Baseball All-Star games.<\/p>\n

The stadium also played host to many big rock concerts through the years, including Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Genesis, Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, Elton John, Billy Joel, Grateful Dead, and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.<\/p>\n

Gone in 19 seconds: WTAE archive images of the Three Rivers Stadium implosion<\/a><\/p>\n

Pitt Panthers football games were played at Three Rivers on occasion in the 1970s and 80s, and the venue was Pitt’s home for the 2000 season after the demolition of Pitt Stadium.<\/p>\n

The Pittsburgh Maulers also played at Three Rivers in 1984, the team’s one and only season in the original United States Football League.<\/p>\n

In 2000, the Pirates and Steelers played their final games at Three Rivers. The teams moved to their current homes at PNC Park and Acrisure Stadium the following season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yeah. Three Rivers Stadium implosion in Pittsburgh happened 25 years ago Three Rivers Stadium was demolished on Feb.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[14484,53186,53187,53185,86,53183,51814,14131,5567,18203,3398,73,75,74,39215,3617,1829,11621,53182,53184,78],"class_list":{"0":"post-111365","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-billy-joel","9":"tag-elton-john","10":"tag-grateful-dead","11":"tag-guns-n","12":"tag-home","13":"tag-implosion","14":"tag-metallica","15":"tag-north-shore","16":"tag-north-side","17":"tag-pirates","18":"tag-pitt","19":"tag-pittsburgh","20":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","21":"tag-pittsburgh-news","22":"tag-roses","23":"tag-season","24":"tag-steelers","25":"tag-team","26":"tag-three-rivers-stadium","27":"tag-three-rivers-stadium-implosion","28":"tag-year"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}