Last Sunday I was sitting in my room watching the end of the 1PM NFL games when I got a text from a friend that said “Wann go to the Steeler game I have an extra ticket?” Of course, this was no ordinary Steeler game. This was Sunday Night Football against the Dallas Cowboys. After some thought, I said why not? So I got up, took a shower, got dressed, and took a drive down to the South Side of Pittsburgh where I met my friend. From there, we took a walk across the 10th Street Bridge down to the 1st Avenue T station. We then took a short train ride across the river to the North Shore and Acrisure Stadium.
At this point, things were going great, it was an easy ride over and an easy entrance into the stadium thanks to some Pirates connections. Not to mention the free parking, free T ride, and a free ticket. Once we got up to the concourse near our seats we grabbed some drinks, 2 Coors Lights for $20 actually wasn’t too bad. However, as we started to walk to our seats and as I cracked open my first beer, the skies decided to open up with not only rain, but violent lightning too which meant that fans had to vacate their seats into the concourse. You could probably imagine what that was like. It was the 5th highest attended game in Steelers history.
Finally, after being packed into the concourse like sardines for an hour and a half, we were able to make our way to our seats. It honestly was amazing, I don’t think that one of the 67,380 fans that were there left during the delay. I don’t need to explain how the game went, but it was an incredible game and an incredible atmosphere. Unfortunately the Steelers lost on essentially the last play of the game and it didn’t end till after 1AM. It was a battle to get out of the stadium and back onto the T. It wasn’t until about 2:30AM I got back home.
It sounds like I am complaining and didn’t have a good time, but besides the delay and the Steelers losing, I can’t thank my friend enough for inviting me, it was an awesome experience, a ton of fun, and pretty cool to say I have been to a Sunday Night Football game in the City of Pittsburgh.
Here We Go Steelers,
Jarrett