The Stadium Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (also known as the Stadium Authority) is a

municipal authority A municipal authority is a form of special-purpose governmental unit in Pennsylvania. The municipal authority is an alternate vehicle for accomplishing public purposes without the direct action of counties, municipalities and school districts. Thes ...

that was charged with the construction of

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and the management of the land on which it stood following its 2001 demolition. It currently owns the West General Robinson Street Garage and surface parking lots near

PNC Park PNC Park is a baseball stadium on the North Shore of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is the fifth home of the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). It was opened during the 2001 MLB season, after the controlled implosion of the Pira ...

and

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. The Stadium Authority also leases parking facilities north of

. It was formed on March 9, 1964 by the

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under its authority under the ''Public Auditorium Authorities Law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.'' The Stadium Authority board is comprised on five members, all appointed by the

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In 2003, the Stadium Authority began a development project in an area called the "Option Area" that allowed the

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and the

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to develop commercial property in conjunction with North Shore Developers. The plan currently has completed the Equitable Resources building and the Del Monte Building. The

Pittsburgh Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority The Pittsburgh Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority (Pittsburgh ICA, also known as the Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority for Cities of the Second Class) is a special administrative body created by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to ove ...

, a special administrative authority that supervises the finances of the City of Pittsburgh, has said that the Stadium Authority is no longer necessary and recommended in 2004 that its duties be consolidated into the Sports & Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. However, as of 2016, the Stadium Authority still exists and continues to manage parking lots in the North Shore area. This incongruity has led to some wry attention from local journalists and pundits—for example,

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economist Chris Briem has referred to it as the "Stadium(less) Authority".

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