Sports & Exhibition Authority Pittsburgh and Allegheny County
    The David L. Lawrence Convention Center at dusk, seen across the Allegheny River with the downtown skyline behind it.

    A joint authority of the City of Pittsburgh
    and Allegheny County

    Where the region meets, plays, and builds

    The Sports & Exhibition Authority holds the venues, garages, riverfront parks, and development parcels at the confluence, and publishes the record of what it decides about them.

    22 Properties held by the two authorities
    8 Open business opportunities
    203 Public documents, searchable in full
    18 Jun Most recent board action

    What’s New

    All announcements

    Open Business Opportunities

    Every opportunity

    Minority and women business participation

    The Authority has adopted a goal of 25 percent minority business enterprise participation and 10 percent women business enterprise participation in its contract work. How certification and participation work.

    Who Holds What

    Open the register

    Two authorities hold property across the same few blocks. Every venue, garage, lot, park, and parcel on this site states which one holds it and who operates it.

    Sports & Exhibition Authority, 19 properties Stadium Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, 3 properties

    Recent Board Actions

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    1. Bind all insurance for July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027, at a cost not-to-exceed $675,420, plus processing and workers compensation auditing fees

      Resolution 6220 David L. Lawrence Convention Center

    2. Enter into an agreement with Enel X to be the Western Pennsylvania Electricity Consortium energy advisor through March 31, 2031, for the David L. Lawrence Convention Center and…

      Resolution 6219 David L. Lawrence Convention Center

    3. Enter into a three-year management agreement beginning August 1, 2026 and ending July 31, 2029, for the operation and management of the Lower Hill District surface parking lots,…

      Resolution 6218 David L. Lawrence Convention Center

    4. Enter into an agreement with MMC Land Management, Inc. for landscaping maintenance services beginning June 2026 and ending December 31, 2026, in an amount not to exceed…

      Resolution 6217 David L. Lawrence Convention Center

    Find parking, venues, parks, and projects

    Parking for tonight Garages and lots by venue, each with the authority that holds it The Convention Center The building the Authority owns and operates outright Riverfront parks and public art The North Shore park, Frankie Pace Park, and the plaza What is being built The Lower Hill, the North Shore, and the projects the Authority enabled