Location: Pittsburgh's Oakland section, adjacent to Schenley Park, about 3 miles from downtown.

Construction period: 4 months.

Cost: Estimated $1 million to $2 million, including land (about $24 million to $48 million today).

Type of building: Concrete and steel, the first for an NL ballpark.

Named for: British Gen. John Forbes, whose forces captured Fort Duquesne during the French and Indian War in the mid-18th century.

Opened: June 30, 1909, (Cubs vs. Pirates).

Closed: June 28, 1970, (Cubs vs. Pirates).

Demolition began: July 17, 1971.

Capacity: 23,000 in 1909, later expanded to 35,000.

Dimensions: Left field, 360 feet; center field, 442 feet; right field, 376 feet, reduced to 300 feet in 1925.

Distance between home plate and grandstands: 110 feet, reduced to 75 feet in 1959.

Distance to left field wall in 1947, after Pirates acquired Hank Greenberg: 335 feet. "Greenberg Gardens" was removed and the 360-foot distance restored in 1954.

Nickname: the House of Thrills, by late broadcaster Bob Prince.

World Series: 1909, 1925, 1927, 1960.

World Series won there by Pirates: 1909, 1925, 1960.

All-Star games: 1944, 1959.

Number of no-hitters: 0.

Year that third tier was erected: 1938, in anticipation of a World Series that the Pirates did not make.

Date of first live major league baseball broadcast from Forbes Field: Aug. 5, 1921, with KDKA's Harold Arlin announcing from a box seat next to the first base dugout.

First night game: July 18, 1930, Kansas City Monarchs vs. Homestead Grays, Negro League.

First Steelers game: Sept. 20, 1933, New York Giants.

Final Steelers home game (regular season): Dec. 1, 1963, Philadelphia Eagles.

Heavyweight title fights: 1, Jersey Joe Walcott knocks out Ezzard Charles, 7th round, July 18, 1951.