THE SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY has compiled information on theNFL's stadiums and continues an occasional series of profilestoday with Three Rivers Stadium. A baseball-only facility iscurrently under study in Pittsburgh.
| STADIUM: | Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA. |
| AGE: | Built in 1970. |
| CAPACITY: | 59,500 for football, 47,000 for baseball. |
| LUXURY BOXES: | 115 luxury boxes - Steelers control 11 skyboxesthey constructed -- others controlled bythe Stadium Authority. |
| OWNERSHIP: | Owned and Operated by the City of Pittsburgh. |
| CONCESSIONS: | ARA Services. Concessions split 60/40. Of the 40%,the Stadium Authority receives 70%, the teams 30%. |
| PARKING: | 3,500 spots, operated by Alco Parking ofPittsburgh. $5 a car. |
| LEASE: | Steelers lease expires 1999, Pirates 2010. |
| ADVERTISING: | Teams and stadium share advertising revenue, eachgetting 1/3. Estimate of total advertising salesis $2.7-$3.0 million. |
| RENT: | $852,233 per year. |
| PUBLIC $: | Annual public subsidy of $3.7 million. |
(Sources: James Sacco/Stadium GM; Rent and public subsidy figure from Florida Times Union article from July 24, 1994.)
