Goodbye Heinz Field: Ketchup bottles and signage removed to make way for Acrisure Stadium
The front of the stadium looks a little different without the signage there.
Goodbye Heinz Field
On July 20, 2022, the marquee sign was taken apart and brought down from the stadium.
Goodbye Heinz Field
On July 20, 2022, the marquee sign was taken apart and brought down from the stadium.
Goodbye Heinz Field
On July 20, 2022, the marquee sign was taken apart and brought down from the stadium.
Goodbye Heinz Field
The sign came down after the endzone ketchup bottles.
Goodbye Heinz Field
Big cranes were brought in to help with the sign change.
Goodbye Heinz Field
On Monday, July 18, 2022, the Heinz Field signage began coming down at the newly-named Acrisure Stadium.
Goodbye Heinz Field
The Steelers confirmed a new partnership with the Michigan-based financial technology company Acrisure on July 12, 2022.
Goodbye Heinz Field
The insurance brokerage firm has ties to Thomas Tull, one of the Steelers' minority owners.
Goodbye Heinz Field
So, the gigantic Heinz Ketchup bottles and other signage needs to be taken down from the stadium.
Goodbye Heinz Field
The Steelers didn't disclose the financial terms of the 15-year deal that will change Heinz Field to Acrisure Stadium.
Goodbye Heinz Field
One of the Red Zone Heinz Ketchup bottles lays outside of the stadium.
Goodbye Heinz Field
In a statement, Kraft Heinz said it worked "diligently" with the Steelers to get a new deal, but the team "found a new partner willing to pay significantly more than we could justify."
Goodbye Heinz Field
Acrisure will immediately take over the naming rights, starting with the 2022 season, the Steelers said.
Goodbye Heinz Field
Heinz Field opened in 2001 and serves as the home field for the Pittsburgh Steelers and University of Pittsburgh football teams.
Goodbye Heinz Field
"I can't believe it, it doesn't seem right or real! Home will always be Heinz Field! I will never forget the last game, and all the amazing fans at FOREVER HEINZ!" -- Retired quarterback Ben Roethlisberger tweeted.
Goodbye Heinz Field
The Pittsburgh Clothing Company has started selling t-shirts that read: "It's still Heinz Field to me."
Goodbye Heinz Field
Many Steelers fans are going to miss the Pittsburgh-centric name.
Goodbye Heinz Field
"I don't care for it," fan Regina Betts said. "It's Heinz Field and that's what it should stay."
Goodbye Heinz Field
The process of removing the sign from the front of the stadium took several hours on Wednesday morning.
Goodbye Heinz Field
Officials have not yet said where the sign will be stored.
Goodbye Heinz Field
No word on whey the Acrisure Stadium sign will go up.
Goodbye Heinz Field
Fans were outside the stadium taking pictures and the signs were lowered to the ground.
Goodbye Heinz Field
Steelers' fans are sad to see it go.
Goodbye Heinz Field
The front of the stadium looks a little different without the signage there.