Situated directly across the river from downtown, PNC Park is well within view from your walking tour and is home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball Team. The team is known for its innovative waste initiatives, and ballpark staff implement creative solutions for reuse. For example, 100 tons of used concessions fry oil was donated in the past decade to energy corporations for conversion into biofuel. The team manages programs like Duquesne Light Power Hitters, which plant one tree in marginalized communities for every home run hit by the home team to counter the urban heat island effect.  

More About This Building:  

• The PNC Park Urban Garden provides healthy food grown on-site to be used in the concession stands’ products  
• The facility has composted around 8,000 tons of food waste and 1,000 tons of yard waste over the past decade  
• Excess food is donated to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank  
• Fun Fact: Daryle Ward hit a homerun directly into the Allegheny River on July 6, 2002, making him the first and only player to hit the water on the fly to this day!