Week 7 Game- Team Announcement

Donald Trump will be attending the week 7 game. The Steelers put out an announcement:

About as neutral a statement as possible.

 

I am not commenting on Trump, don't need secret service at my door.

 

I bet Mr Rooney is just thrilled

It’s a minority owner who invited him

Security will be tough

 

Just wait until the Swifties invade town if Taylor decides to spend Christmas day with her love.

 

I don’t know about Pittsburgh but apparently other teams have politely asked her to stay away

 

Regardless of your political affiliation, I think it's pretty cool that a former president is coming to a home Steelers game.

Question for @jeh1856 , @mac daddyo , and @Hanratty#5 ... Has this ever happened before? Has a former or sitting president ever attended a home Steelers game? I figured you guys would know since you have been alive for all 46 presidents.

 

Hope this doesn’t cause any logistical problems for the fans in attendance tonight.

 

Not that I have any memory of

 

It will totally screw up traffic

And security coming in has been pretty quick lately

I expect that will be way slower

 

Steelers will be wearing block numbers and also grey facemasks.

 

Or detract from the actual game in anyway. Politics dominates everything on TV as it is. It would be nice to just focus on football.

 

The only time I can think of that it might have happened was during the Obama years. I seem to recall Obama being in Pittsburgh when he named Dan Rooney Ambassador to Ireland. But I'm not sure if he actually attended a game.

 

I googled this and found nothing

 

My lord, the security at a Super Bowl is already over the top. Imagine throwing a Presidential visit in there.
There was actually a movie made about this, Black Sunday, in 1977.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075765/

 

I wonder if they’ll bump up the time the stadium opens?

 

Yeah that would help ensure that fans can get the time they need for the full experience inside the stadium.
For a lot of people going to a game is a rarity.

 

I remember a flight out of London where my plane was delayed on the runway for an hour, because security was practicing for the visit by (then) President Bush... which was a week later.

Just getting prepared for the visit is going to be a logistics headache.
The actual game time problems are likely to be a nightmare, unless the box holder and visitor decide to keep it somewhat private (actually watch the game instead of making a PR stunt out of it).

 

Jeh and I can tell you when the 7th inning stretch started in baseball. William Howard Taft the 27th president, was attending a Pirate game in Pittsburgh and in the 7th inning stood up to stretch his legs. The fans thought that Taft was leaving so they all stood up out of respect only to see him sit back down and finished watching the game. This was in1910 so it was at Forbes Field that was built the year before in 1909.

 

It is pretty cool having a former president at a Steeler game…. Almost as cool as having Bane wreck Hines’ kick off return

 

When the president is on the move in DC, everything stops. Especially if on the ground. Glad I'm not going to this game.