 heinz field is a stadium located in the north shore neighborhood of pittsburgh, pennsylvania. it primarily serves as the home to the pittsburgh steelers and university of pittsburgh panthers american football teams, members of the national football league (nfl) and national collegiate athletic association (ncaa) respectively. the stadium opened in 2001, after the controlled implosion of the teams' previous stadium, three rivers stadium. the stadium is named for the locally-based h. j. heinz company, which purchased the naming rights in 2001. it hosted the 2011 nhl winter classic between the pittsburgh penguins and washington capitals on january 1, 2011. funded in conjunction with pnc park and the david l. lawrence convention center, the $281 million ($ million today) stadium stands along the ohio river, on the northside of pittsburgh in the north shore neighborhood. the stadium was designed with the city of pittsburgh's history of steel p
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