Twenty years after Three Rivers Stadium was imploded on February 11, 2001, we take a look back at some of the Post-Gazette’s historic photos from that day. Thousands of people gathered at vantage points around the city to watch the storied structure turn to rubble, only 80 feet from the freshly constructed Heinz Field. Though the stadium is gone, the memories from there live on in Pittsburgh’s memory.
In with the new and out with the old as the Heinz Field sits to the left and the remains of Three Rivers Stadium are to the right as the “Spirit of Goodyear” passes over. (Darrell Sappp/Post-Gazette)Barry Shields of Squirrel Hill works on a painting of Three Rivers Stadium as demolition workers prepare to implode the structure. Shields was on the CCAC North Side campus. (John Beale/Post-Gazette)David Bianchi, president of Bianchi Trison celebrates the implosion of Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2001. Bianchi Trison is the general contractor for the stadium demolition. (AP Photo/Gary Tramontina)Three Rivers Stadium is imploded Feb 11, 2001. Matt Freed/Post-GazetteA Final Sunrise for Three Rivers Stadium before its Implosion. demolition aerial on Feb. 11, 2001. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)Three Rivers Stadium is absorbed by dust during the implosion viewed from the Goodyear Blimp. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)Three Rivers Stadium is absorbed by dust during the implosion viewed from the Goodyear Blimp. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)Three Rivers Stadium is absorbed by dust during the implosion viewed from the Goodyear Blimp. (Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)Three Rivers Stadium crumbles as seen from Allegheny Campus of Community College of Allegheny County, North Side. (John Beale/Post-Gazette)Four frame sequence photographed from the Spirit of Akron Goodyear blimp shows Three Rivers Stadium as it is imploded Sunday Feb. 11, 2001. Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette)Constant demolition at Three Rivers Stadium in preparation for implosion. (Post-Gazette)Demolition continues at Three Rivers in preparation for implosion. The infield is littered with orange seats that were to be trucked off as debris. (Post-Gazette)
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