Pittsburgh’s Sports and Exhibition Authority, which owns Acrisure Stadium, “approved funds for nearly 18,000 new seats as the Steelers continue to swap out seats original to the stadium.” Steelers affiliate PSSI Stadium LLC requested “replacements for 58,719 of Acrisure Stadium’s 68,400 seats last year.” Nearly all of the seats were original to the stadium, which opened in 2001. The SEA’s facility condition assessment firm found that “many of the seats were detaching from the stadium’s concrete, rusting or deteriorating in some other fashion.” The SEA board is “considering the replacements in phases, and approved 22,236 seats in the east and west sections of the upper bowl last October” for approximately $12.4M. The 17,873 seats approved Thursday are “located in the lower level on the stadium’s east side” and will cost $5.8M. The Steelers expect to “finish replacing the seats with a third and final phase next year” (TRIBLIVE, 7/9).
Pittsburgh’s sports authority approves funds for more seat swaps at Acrisure Stadium
