PITTSBURGH – This was as telling a scene as any that played out across this frosty Sunday afternoon at Heinz Field: As the final minutes melted off the clock, large swaths of the stands – all the seats a bright, almost neon gold – beckoned under the stars and the bright lights.
It is a beautiful sight to see, say, when you are driving across the Fort Duquesne Bridge a few hours before a game. Football stadiums rarely inspire poetry the way baseball ballparks do. Yet the gold that dominates this football address – there’s only one team that could play here.