Deal.
It wasn't easy. I never found a great airfare, but found an okay one on Southwest. Trips from the west coast to the east are often tight and this one was also. My connection was supposed to arrive in Pittsburgh at 4:55, but it was late. Unfortunately, Pittsburgh doesn’t have an easy train/subway to take you from the airport to downtown. So took the Super Shuttle. I didn’t get on that until 5:35. They told me it’d take 30-35 minutes, but it took 70. So I had only a moment to check in to the hotel before catching the subway they do have to the stadium.
I did get there on a nice sunny evening, however, and PNC is easy to get to.
And they do make your burger on a grill right in front of you. I always like to see them do this. For all I know the burgers at Dodger Stadium are pre-made and reheated.
And this burger was very tasty.
I got in my seat and the view was really nice. I'd put it up there with Citizens Bank Park. Pedro Alvarez hit a ball out of the stadium. I didn't know you could do that here, but if you look at right field you can see it's possible. That was cool.
I'm a sucker for a good ice cream and PNC had a lot of different flavor choices, with soft serve and hard.
I'm partial to chocolate.
That Alvarez homer did win me a Grand Slam at Denny's. I left the next day, so I didn't make advantage of that.
The Pirates got hits, but the game was a nail biter, as they failed to convert those to runs.
I was concerned they didn't have good beer but I eventually found "Beers of the Burgh." While the beer was good, not great Pittsburgh isn't known for having beer as good as Colorado and Northern California. So my expectations of local beer was met.
Mark Melancon came on the in the 9th to nail the game down.
Pittsburgh closes several streets in the area for the games. After the game the bridge is only open to foot traffic. That was very convenient.
