{"id":778304,"date":"2026-08-14T06:59:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T06:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/778304\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T06:59:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T06:59:39","slug":"pittsburgh-pirates-pnc-bank-team-up-introduce-hoist-the-cone-ice-cream-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/778304\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Pirates, PNC Bank team up, introduce \u2018Hoist the Cone\u2019 ice cream \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 PNC Bank and the Pittsburgh Pirates announced a partnership Thursday to introduce a \u201cHoist the Cones\u201d promotional giveaway at PNC Park. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The team will offer fans limited-edition collector traffic cone ice cream holders during select home games this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The free PNC-branded traffic cone holders will be available with the purchase of ice cream at select ballpark locations during Sunday home games, while supplies last. The promotional schedule includes games on Aug. 16, Sept. 6 and Sept. 20, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The \u201cHoist the Cone\u201d slogan originated earlier this season after a third party mistakenly designed a T-shirt and posted it on social media. The orange traffic cone subsequently became a permanent fixture in the Pittsburgh Pirates dugout, where players use it as part of their home run celebrations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Pittsburgh Pirates President Travis Williams noted that the trend has become a visible symbol of team spirit. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cThe \u2018Hoist the Cone\u2019 movement has become incredibly popular in 2026 and is adding to the PNC Park experience in a fun and unique way,\u201d Williams said. \u201cThe traffic cone is a symbol of connection and a rallying point between our dugout and our fans and we are proud to build upon our partnership with PNC to offer fans a fun opportunity to get their own traffic cone to hoist once inside the park.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Lou Cestello, PNC regional president for Pittsburgh and Southwestern Pennsylvania, emphasized the bank\u2019s ongoing relationship with the franchise. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cAs Pittsburgh\u2019s hometown bank, PNC is proud of our longstanding partnership with the Pirates and PNC Park,\u201d Cestello said. \u201cThe traffic cone phenomenon is one of those uniquely Pittsburgh moments that fans have made their own. We\u2019re excited to bring it to life in a new way and create another memorable experience for fans visiting the best ballpark in baseball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 PNC Bank and the Pittsburgh Pirates announced a partnership Thursday to introduce a \u201cHoist the Cones\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2402],"tags":[5,95823,4,10,776,64,4297,95822,1545,95824],"class_list":["post-778304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-baseball","tag-hoist-the-cones","tag-mlb","tag-pirates","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-pittsburghpirates","tag-pnc-bank","tag-pnc-park","tag-traffic-cone-ice-cream-holders"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/117092572430055618","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}