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Acrisure Stadium

Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, PA, home of Pittsburgh. Capacity 68,400. Opened August 18, 2001.

Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, PA
Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh, PAPhoto: Cramerwiki, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
68,400
Opened
2001
Surface
Tahoma 31 Bermudagrass
Roof
Open air
Elevation
724 ft
Home team
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh here
108–⁠56 games on file since 2002
College GameDay
four times

Since it opened: Pittsburgh is 111–⁠59 in home games from the 2001 season on. Our source names a game’s stadium only from 2001, so that count takes every earlier home game not marked neutral and may include a few played elsewhere.

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2002 on: title and postseason games, meetings of two ranked teams, upsets by our pregame Elo ratings and the biggest swings in CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Acrisure Stadium by season, 2002 to 202620k40k60k80k2002: 44,424 a game over 7 games; biggest 66,7312003: 59,197 a game over 6 games; biggest 66,4212004: 41,600 a game over 6 games; biggest 52,6412005: 40,272 a game over 6 games; biggest 66,4512006: 41,877 a game over 7 games; biggest 55,6422007: 33,315 a game over 7 games; biggest 40,1452008: 49,352 a game over 6 games; biggest 63,0192009: 53,438 a game over 7 games; biggest 65,3742010: 52,165 a game over 6 games; biggest 60,5622011: 46,003 a game over 8 games; biggest 65,0502012: 41,494 a game over 6 games; biggest 48,0322013: 49,741 a game over 7 games; biggest 65,5002014: 41,315 a game over 7 games; biggest 48,8952015: 48,150 a game over 6 games; biggest 68,4002016: 46,076 a game over 7 games; biggest 69,9832017: 36,295 a game over 7 games; biggest 41,1242018: 41,696 a game over 6 games; biggest 68,4002019: 43,372 a game over 7 games; biggest 47,9182020: 5,032 a game over 2 games; biggest 5,4512021: 45,365 a game over 7 games; biggest 60,5942022: 54,710 a game over 7 games; biggest 70,6222023: 48,122 a game over 6 games; biggest 57,5572024: 53,077 a game over 7 games; biggest 66,0872025: 51,845 a game over 7 games; biggest 68,4002026: 46,298 a game over 4 games; biggest 51,41620022007201220172022

Biggest crowds on file

70,622West Virginia at Pittsburgh2022
69,983Penn State at Pittsburgh2016
68,400Notre Dame at Pittsburgh2025
68,400Penn State at Pittsburgh2018
68,400Notre Dame at Pittsburgh2015

Bars are each season’s average crowd, dots its biggest (the record in orange), the dashed rule today’s capacity. Attendance is on file for most games from 2001 on.

College GameDay here

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from Acrisure Stadium four times, first in 2003.

Nov 15, 2025Notre Dame 37, Pittsburgh 15North Shore Great Lawn
Sep 1, 2022Pittsburgh 38, West Virginia 31Acrisure Stadium
Sep 3, 2005Notre Dame 42, Pittsburgh 21North Shore Great Lawn
Nov 8, 2003Pittsburgh 31, Virginia Tech 28North Shore Great Lawn

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (CC BY-SA).

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Snow at kickoff

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database). Game days: the day’s high and snowfall at the NOAA station nearest the stadium, for Pittsburgh’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Former names
Heinz Field (2001–⁠2022)
Opened
August 18, 2001
Architect
Populous (then Bortles Sport Architecture)
WTW Architects
Surface over the years
Tahoma 31 Bermudagrass (2026–Present)
Kentucky bluegrass (2009–⁠2026)
Expanded
2015
Renovated
2007
Record crowd
73,117 (Taylor Swift, The Eras Tour, June 17, 2023)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Acrisure Stadium.

From above

100 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 270 by 280 meters (890 by 930 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 10, 2026North Carolina 21, 25Pittsburgh 17
Sep 26, 2026Pittsburgh 59, Bucknell 0
Sep 17, 2026Pittsburgh 27, Syracuse 13
Sep 12, 2026Pittsburgh 12, UCF 7
Sep 5, 2026Pittsburgh 59, Miami (OH) 14
Nov 29, 202513Miami 38, 24Pittsburgh 7
Nov 15, 20259Notre Dame 37, 23Pittsburgh 15
Oct 25, 2025Pittsburgh 53, NC State 34
Oct 4, 2025Pittsburgh 48, Boston College 7
Sep 27, 2025Louisville 34, Pittsburgh 27
Sep 6, 2025Pittsburgh 45, Central Michigan 17
Aug 30, 2025Pittsburgh 61, Duquesne 9

Pouring rights

PepsiCo has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights. Single source.