Opened: 2001
Capacity: 38,127
What the authors say: “PNC is the most intimate, and perhaps the most beautiful, ballyard of the recent ballpark renaissance.”
Learned from the book:
• Fans in a specially designated section can take advantage of All You Can Eat Seats. The menu selections at special food lines, however, are limited to traditional ballpark fare and the seats are in the outfield.
• Because Pittsburgh is a city of bridges and PNC Park sits in the vicinity of several of them, the authors warn that taking the wrong bridge can prove costly in getting to the ballpark.
• Walking across the Roberto Clemente Bridge, which leads to PNC and is named for the Pirates’ late great right fielder, is a recommended part of the “ballpark experience.”
• The authors called the downtown view from PNC “one of the best in baseball.”
• The Pirates have some of the best and most loyal bleacher bums in baseball, the Left Field Loonies, who have their own website: www.leftfieldloonies.com.
• The text version of everything the P.A. announcer says is displayed on a caption-enclosed area on the scoreboard for the hearing impaired.