{"id":168607,"date":"2026-04-17T15:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/168607\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:20:13","slug":"giant-eagle-kicks-off-nfl-draft-week-in-pittsburgh-with-giant-buggy-countdown-featuring-hines-ward-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/168607\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Eagle kicks off NFL Draft week in Pittsburgh with Giant Buggy, countdown featuring Hines Ward \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 Giant Eagle is kicking off NFL Draft week in Pittsburgh with a lineup of activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/pittsburgh-nfl-draft-what-you-need-know\/KRIO7AIM65EODCUWZLFHFO56VQ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/pittsburgh-nfl-draft-what-you-need-know\/KRIO7AIM65EODCUWZLFHFO56VQ\/\">&gt;&gt;&gt; Pittsburgh NFL Draft: What you need to know &lt;&lt;&lt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Heinz Countdown Celebration will take place at the Stellers Ridge Market District (100 Settlers Ridge Center Dr., Pittsburgh) on Wednesday, April 22, from 4-8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Fans will be treated to samples and giveaways, as well as live music and painting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Steelers legend Hines Ward will visit the store from 6-7 p.m. to meet with fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Visitors can also get their picture taken with the Giant Eagle Giant Buggy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The buggy will be driving around the Pittsburgh area from April 21-22 before landing in PPG Plaza Thursday morning, where it will stay throughout the draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gianteagle.com\/draftparty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.gianteagle.com\/draftparty\">Click here<\/a> for a full list of Giant Eagle\u2019s NFL Draft activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/nfldraft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/nfldraft\/\">Click here for more of our 2026 NFL Draft coverage.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 Giant Eagle is kicking off NFL Draft week in Pittsburgh with a lineup of activities. &gt;&gt;&gt;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[17866,67546,13074,75901,37104,71096,75902,1418,3537,75903,75904,60172,62787,73,43478,75,74,51138,1833,1829],"class_list":{"0":"post-168607","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-draft","9":"tag-draft-week","10":"tag-giant-eagle","11":"tag-giant-eagle-party","12":"tag-hines-ward","13":"tag-market-district","14":"tag-market-district-party","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-nfl-draft","17":"tag-nfl-draft-activities","18":"tag-nfl-draft-events","19":"tag-nfl-draft-in-pittsburgh","20":"tag-nfl-draft-pittsburgh","21":"tag-pittsburgh","22":"tag-pittsburgh-draft","23":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","24":"tag-pittsburgh-news","25":"tag-pittsburgh-nfl-draft","26":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","27":"tag-steelers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168607","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=168607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}