Coast-to-Coast Toast to Cheer on the Pittsburgh Steelers

Coast-to-Coast Toast to Cheer on the Pittsburgh Steelers PITTSBURGH, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- On the eve of Sunday's AFC Championship game, fans across Steelers Nation will take part in a simultaneous toast to the Pittsburgh Steelers and to Pittsburgh in a united show of support and team spirit. Sports bars, Black & Gold Brigades and fans throughout the country and around the world are being asked to participate in one of the largest simultaneous toasts on record. The Pittsburgh Convention & Visitors Bureau is supplying a "1-2-3 Guide for a Coast-to-Coast Steelers Toast" to bars, Steelers fan clubs and overseas military to encourage worldwide participation in the Steelers Toast. Everyone is invited to participate. This Saturday in Pittsburgh, football great and Pittsburgh native Dan Marino will lead the Steelers Toast at Atria's Restaurant on the North Shore. In addition, Andy Russell, Steelers alumni from the 1970s Super Bowl Team, will be present, along with other anticipated guests, including Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy, Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato and more local dignitaries. But the Steelers Toast won't stop there. Here's what Steelers fans across Steelers Nation are being asked to do on Saturday, January 22 at 6 p.m. EST "Eastern Steelers Time." 1. Identify Official Steelers Toastmaster (or fan with biggest mouth) 2. At 6 p.m. EST on Saturday, January 22, all Steelers fans - identified by their Black & Gold attire - should stand up (no slouching!) 3. Determine which way to face, with all eyes on the prize directed at Heinz Field in Blitzburgh 4. Adjust body positioning according to appropriate direction - but fans should be careful so as not to spill a drop of the beverage they'll be holding! 5. Toastmaster asks Steelers fans to raise their glasses into the air 6. Fans listen to Steelers Toast and think about their beloved Pittsburgh team (see below) 7. Steelers fans everywhere sip or swig 8. Cheer and wave Terrible Towels wildly, (but not so wildly as to inflict injury on fellow fans!) 9. Watch the Pittsburgh Steelers kick some butt 10. Gloat all the way down that road to the Super Bowl! The official Pittsburgh Steelers Toast is: "To the best Steelers season on record ... To the best players in the league ... And the best fans in the country - with black and gold pride that galvanized the city ... And shaped Steelers Nation ... To the best football has to offer from the best city in the country ... To the next AFC Champions ... To the Pittsburgh Steelers!" Source: Greater Pittsburgh Convention and Visitors Bureau CONTACT: Laura Ellis, +1-412-281-0482, x3146, or laurae@gpcvb.org , or Lynne Glover, +1-412-281-0482, x3155, or lynneg@gpcvb.org , or Kristin Mitchell, +1-412-281-0482, x2550, or kristinm@gpcvb.org , all of the GPCVB; or Sara Kurpakus of Atria's, +1-412-325-0550, x205, or cell, +1-412-443-4428, or skurpakus@atrias.com Web site: http://www.visitpittsburgh.com/ ------- Profile: International Entertainment