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===Seating and tickets=== [[File:ForbesFieldGateRecon.jpg|thumb|right|A recreated entrance, including ticket window, located near the remaining outfield wall]] Forbes Field had an original capacity of 25,000, the largest in the league at the time.<ref name=FF17/> Seating at the stadium was remodeled numerous times, peaking at a capacity of 41,000 in 1925 and closing in 1970 at 35,000 seats.<ref name=Ball52/> On opening day, ticket prices ranged from $1.25 (equal to ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|1.25|1909|r=2}}}} today) for box seats and $1 (equal to ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|1|1909|r=2}}}} today) for reserved grand stand sections;<ref name=Dia90>{{harvnb|Gershman|1993|p=90|Ref=none}}</ref> temporary bleachers were set up for the occasion and cost $0.50.<ref name=FF17/> Ticket prices were considered high for the day and steel pillars supporting the roof occasionally blocked fans' views of the field.<ref name=Bucs175/> Two thousand bleacher seats were situated along the left field side; tickets were sold for a maximum of $1.<ref name=GBU102>{{harvnb|McCollister|2008|p=102|Ref=none}}</ref> When winning streaks attracted high attendance to games, fans were permitted to sit on the grass in right field, provided they agreed to allow a player to catch any ball hit in the area.<ref name=GBU103>{{harvnb|McCollister|2008|p=103|Ref=none}}</ref> The lowest season of attendance came in 1914, when 139,620 people attended games; the highest at the stadium came in 1960, when 1,705,828 people watched the Pirates play.<ref name=FF227/> On September 23, 1956, the stadium's largest crowd, 44,932, gathered to see the home team play the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]]. The game was cut short in the top of the ninth inning, after a rain delay forced it past the Pennsylvania Sunday curfew. The Dodgers won the game 8β2 the following day.<ref name=FF227>{{harvnb|Cicotello|2007|p=227|Ref=none}}</ref> At 200 people, June 10, 1938, was believed to have marked the smallest crowd to ever attend a Pirates game (against the Philadelphia Phillies),<ref name=FF226>{{harvnb|Cicotello|2007|p=226|Ref=none}}</ref> however, Baseball Reference has the attendance for that game listed as 1,034.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PIT/PIT193806100.shtml |title=Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher=sports-reference.com |date=June 10, 1938 |access-date=July 27, 2023}}</ref> On September 30, 1962, a crowd of 40,916 people saw the [[Pittsburgh Steelers|Steelers]] defeated by the [[New York Giants]], at the Steelers' highest-attended game at the stadium.<ref name=FF227/>
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