Heinz Field tour -The good the bad and the ugly- with pics.

[slashsteel]

The Good


The tour

A walk with a tour guide (broken into 4 groups) shows you the inside of the Steelers locker room, some tribute lockers to some very special Steelers,inside of a suite, and the inside of the tunnel the Steelers come charging out of. A fan also gets looksee inside of the Pittsburgh Panthers locker room. There is a Steelers sideline store at the end, for your Steelers merchandise fix! Not bad for the price of a $8 dollar admission.

The Bad

Some of those smallish suites come with a hefty price-tag. A purchaser has to sign a multi year contract ( I can't remember I am thinking 5 years), ranging all the way up to 150,000 per year. Andddddd it doesn't come with food. You have to cater your own.

The Ugly

To the twatwaffle that stole AB's locker room tag. That is how tours get limited or even canceled.

The tunnel

Inside the stadium

Inside the stadium

Tribute to Steelers coaches

Tribute to Fuqua, howbowdah outfit ? !

Tribute to the two retired jerseys.

 

[slashsteel]

Lynn Swann tribute.

A tribute to a man called Jack. I believe his dentures are in there too !

A immaculate tribute

A Blount tribute.

A Ham tribute.

A Mean Joe tribute.

 

[slashsteel]

Inside the Steelers locker room

I was not surprised to see Lev Bell missing ! (unlike Antonio his tag was still there)

Big Ben in the hou sssse.

have yinz seen AB's locker name plate? muthahfukah!

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Some of those smallish suites come with a hefty price-tag. A purchaser has to sign a multi year contract ( I can't remember I am thinking 5 years), ranging all the way up to 150,000 per year. Andddddd it doesn't come with food. You have to cater your own.

Actually you have to cater it through the stadium's food service and they charge you $15 per hamburger and $10 a bottle for Bud light.

 

[slashsteel]

Actually you have to cater it through the stadium's food service and they charge you $15 per hamburger and $10 a bottle for Bud light.

Ahh gotya. so a even bigger pricetag. As you can't cheapen the cost with a outside vendor. Damn it mane.

 

[slashsteel]

And speaking of the suite, here is one pic......... It comes with a fridge. Some counter space and the seating..

 

[CoolieMan]

Justin didn't let you see the SN Suite?....

 

[slashsteel]

Justin didn't let you see the SN Suite?....

hell no, that must be the big buck one !

 

[Skott]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing. Now go out that AB tag. Ack

 

[Drink IRON City]

Thanks for the pics / commentary. VERY kewl !!!!





Salute the nation

 

[In Ben We Trust]

Awesome....thanks for sharing pics!!

 

[Djfan]

I have a friend who, along with his wife, give tours there. He said that ABs name plate was stolen recently. Film is being viewed and sent to Pittsburgh PD when it is found. He also escorts the handicapped to events there. He recently saw U2 for free. He also gets to escort the handicapped for the Steelers games this year.

Not a bad gig.

 

[nellie bly]

My 83 year old mom seats and takes care of handicapped people at ASU games. They love her. She brings them ice water, homemade cookies and candy. but don't tell anyone. People aren't supposed to be that accommodating to the handicapped spectators.

 

[Ghost of Frenchy Fuqua]

Having carpet in the locker room is pretty gross.

 

[SteelerSask2]

The Stadium tour is a must for every fan. Being inside the locker room and walking the tunnel is just amazing. I so badly wanted to go on the field and just chuck a football around with my kids for 5 minutes.

 

[slashsteel]

The Stadium tour is a must for every fan. Being inside the locker room and walking the tunnel is just amazing. I so badly wanted to go on the field and just chuck a football around with my kids for 5 minutes.

First job I had in Pittsburgh before I went back to school, was shoveling snow at Heinz field. (labor union)

At break we did some patterns. A few fly's, a slant route, etc.

Well they didn't tell us we weren't allowed on the field. So they asked us to identify who was on the field, and promptly kicked us out of the stadium.

Well **** them I lived and lived well !

 

[SteelerSask2]

I should have bought a football from the pro shop. The guy leading the tour was like 80. Went on the field, throw it around for a couple minutes and leave without incident. Not like you will get arrested. Im not a good rule breaker though.