Recreation Park

Recreation Park is a multi purpose in Pittsburgh, United States that opened in 1865. Its recorded capacity is 17,000.

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Recreation Park
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Key facts

Recreation Park is a multi purpose in Pittsburgh, United States that opened in 1865. Its recorded capacity is 17,000. No current owner is recorded. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Baseball:, Pittsburgh Enterprises, Xanthas and Olympics, Pittsburgh Allegheny, Football:, Pittsburgh Stars, Pittsburgh Stars, Pittsburgh Panthers football, Allegheny Athletic Association, Pittsburgh Pirates, 1903 Western University of Pennsylvania Panthers football team, 1902 Western University of Pennsylvania Panthers football team, 1899 Western University of Pennsylvania Panthers football team.

Location
Pittsburgh, United States
Type
Multi purpose
Capacity
17,000
Opened
1865
Status
Active
Current owner
Not recorded
Naming rights
No current sponsor name
Name changes
2
Playing surface
Natural grass
Location of Recreation Park
Recreation Park

Recreation Park is at latitude 40.4547, longitude -80.0186, in Pittsburgh, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.

Data table for this chart
Recorded location of Recreation Park
FieldValue
Latitude40.4547
Longitude-80.0186
CityPittsburgh
RegionPittsburgh
CountryUnited States
OpenStreetMap objectNot recorded
Footprint geometryNot yet exported by the pipeline

Technology

Playing surface, roof and equipment recorded for Recreation Park
FeatureRecorded asConfidenceSource
SurfaceNatural grassWikipedia infoboxSource

See the venue technology guides for how these work.

Naming rights

Naming history of Recreation Park

Recreation Park has carried 3 recorded names. 3A Park (no sponsor) ran Present. Coliseum (no sponsor) ran Present. Union Park (no sponsor) ran Present.

Data table for this chart
Every recorded name of Recreation Park, with sponsor, dates and source
NameSponsorPeriodDeal valueTermConfidenceSource
3A ParkNonePresentNot publishedNot publishedWikipedia infoboxSource
ColiseumNonePresentNot publishedNot publishedWikipedia infoboxSource
Union ParkNonePresentNot publishedNot publishedWikipedia infoboxSource

Ownership and operation

No ownership or operator rows are recorded for this venue.

Tenants

Tenants of Recreation Park and the competitions they play in
TenantCompetitionsPeriodStatusSource
Baseball:Not mappedPresentCurrentSource
Pittsburgh Enterprises, Xanthas and OlympicsNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Pittsburgh AlleghenyNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Football:Not mappedPresentCurrentSource
Pittsburgh StarsNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Pittsburgh StarsNot mapped1865 to presentCurrentSource
Pittsburgh Panthers footballNot mapped1865 to presentCurrentSource
Allegheny Athletic AssociationNot mapped1865 to presentCurrentSource
Pittsburgh PiratesNot mapped1865 to presentCurrentSource
1903 Western University of Pennsylvania Panthers football teamNot mapped1865 to presentCurrentSource
1902 Western University of Pennsylvania Panthers football teamNot mapped1865 to presentCurrentSource
1899 Western University of Pennsylvania Panthers football teamNot mapped1865 to presentCurrentSource

Recorded changes

18 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.

Change log for Recreation Park
DateTableFieldFromToMonth
2 October 2026venue_features(created)not set34342026-10
29 September 2026venue_names(created)not setUnion Park2026-09
29 September 2026venue_names(created)not setColiseum2026-09
29 September 2026venue_names(created)not set3A Park2026-09
29 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set434132026-09
29 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set434122026-09
29 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set434112026-09
29 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set434102026-09
29 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set434092026-09
28 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set397072026-09
28 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set397062026-09
28 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set397052026-09
28 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set397042026-09
28 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set397032026-09
28 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set397022026-09
28 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set397012026-09
28 September 2026venueswikipedia_revidnot set13722242702026-09
28 September 2026venueswikipedia_titleRecreation_Park_(Pittsburgh)Recreation Park (Pittsburgh)2026-09

Sources and licenses

Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:

Row-level sources used for this venue:

Wikipedia article: Recreation Park (Pittsburgh) (revision 1372224270). Wikidata item: Q7303060.