{"id":2389,"date":"2012-10-22T11:41:12","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T11:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2389"},"modified":"2015-01-08T16:35:48","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T21:35:48","slug":"pitt-stadium-razed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/22\/pitt-stadium-razed\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitt Stadium razed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\\\/thedigs\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/22\\\/pitt-stadium-razed\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:80752127}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 532px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"532\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 532px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"532\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/22\/pitt-stadium-razed\/attachment\/2390\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"796\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"528\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"2390\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mc3uzyA35P1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,849\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mc3uzyA35P1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=300%2C198&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mc3uzyA35P1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=800%2C530&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tumblr_mc3uzyA35P1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?w=796&#038;h=528&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"796\" height=\"528\" data-original-width=\"796\" data-original-height=\"528\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 796px; height: 528px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p><strong>Feb. 16, 2000:<\/strong>\u00a0 After 74 years as home to the Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Pitt Stadium was razed to make room for the Petersen Events Center. Little more than the facade remained when Post-Gazette photographer Darrell Sapp visited the site on a cold February morning.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo by Darrell Sapp, Post-Gazette)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pitt Stadium was razed to make room for the Petersen Events Center.<\/p>\n<p><a class='more-link' href='https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/22\/pitt-stadium-razed\/'>Look at the pictures<span class='screen-reader-text'>Pitt Stadium 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