Visiting Ballparks

In this file photo from Sunday, Oct. 1, 2000, Three Rivers Stadium plays hosts to a sellout crowd watching the last baseball game at the location as it sits between the construction of the two new stadiums in Pittsburgh. The new home for the Pirates, PNC Park, is to the left, while the new home for the Steelers is to the right of the 30-year-old multi-use stadium. This week, the city that emerged from the French and Indian War to become one of the richest industrial cities in the world and then one of the first major ones to go bankrupt, commemorates its 250th anniversary. And it's as much an occasion for celebrating as it is for soul-searching.