PITTSBURGH — A real estate developer working with the Pittsburgh Steelers says the team is changing plans for an amphitheater and entertainment district near Heinz Field.

Continental Real Estate chairman Frank Koss says the Steelers still expect to develop some type of entertainment venue, but that the North Shore Live! development challenges, including seating, were too difficult to overcome.

He says the Steelers still intend to have nightclubs and outdoor entertainment.

Officials hope to start construction next year and open in 2009.

FAIRHOPE — Officials say a bull elephant from the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium will breed with two younger females at the planned Pittsburgh Zoo International Conservation Center in Somerset County.Officials announced those plans at Friday's groundbreaking at the 724-acre preserve.The $1.5 million center is being built on a former private hunting preserve.Zoo officials say two females from the Philadelphia Zoo will move to the preserve next spring to mate with Jackson, a bull elephant from Pittsburgh who already has six offspring.