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We hope we've whetted your appetite for a few choice tidbits about the Steelers' new home, Heinz Field...because we've got a whole menu of tasty, informative morsels for you to enjoy!
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While Heinz is known for "57 Varieties," linebacker John Fiala is the latest of ten Steelers who have worn the number "57" over the years.
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Speaking of "57"...the 1957 Steelers, under head coach Buddy Parker, played to a dead-even, six-and-six record, treating the home crowd (then at Forbes Field) to four wins.
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Those diamond-shaped doohickeys you see hanging around Heinz Field are called "Cycloids," similar to the "hypocycloid" patterns from the "Steelmark" logo on the Steelers' helmets.
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Whenever the Steelers move the football into "the red zone" (within their opponent's 20-yard line), the world's two largest Heinz ketchup bottles pour red "virtual ketchup" into Heinz Field's Jumbotron scoreboard. Find out more!
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The statue of a bespectacled gentleman sitting on a stone wall outside Heinz Field is a larger-than-life likeness of the Steelers' beloved founder and longtime owner, Arthur J. Rooney, Sr. (1901-1988) — known as "The Chief."
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Heinz Field's award-winning design forms a horseshoe-shaped seating bowl with an open South end zone, offering fans a spectacular vista of Pittsburgh's downtown skyline.
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When Steelers' current owner Dan Rooney broke ground for Heinz Field in 1999, he used the same shovel with which his dad, Art Rooney, Sr., broke ground for Three Rivers Stadium three decades earlier.
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If filled with actual ketchup, each of the Heinz Ketchup bottles on the Heinz Field Jumbotron scoreboard would contain 1,664,000 fluid ounces...enough to pour on approximately 3.2 million hotdogs!
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It took about 20 months — approximately 14,000 hours — to grow the 2.2 acres of athletic bluegrass covering the playing surface of Heinz Field...glad we didn't have to watch it!
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The son of former Cincinnati Bengals head coach "Tiger" Johnson has grown up to coach a pretty big team of his own — he's William Johnson, the current Chairman, President & CEO of H.J. Heinz Co.
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Completed in 2001 at a cost of $230 million, Heinz Field contains 48,000 cubic yards of concrete; 12,000 tons of structural steel; eight tons worth of giant Heinz Ketchup bottles, and approximately 5,000 tons worth of screaming football fans!
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At every Steelers home game this season, tailgating and "grill-iron" expert Rania Harris fires up Steelers fans with cooking demos and recipes at the interactive Heinz Tailgatin' Station (outside Gate B)!
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Believe it or not, the Steelers' team record for most pass attempts in a game is — you guessed it — 57, achieved during a December 1993 loss to the Houston Oilers.
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Twenty-four Steelers players, coaches and administrators occupy a place of honor at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio; memorabilia from these and other Steelers greats are on display in Heinz Field's Coca-Cola Great Hall.
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