Light Up Night – Pittsbugh Downtown Partnership

Light Up Night is something you do once. You enjoy the madness and you learn that it’s easier to just go downtown a week later and enjoy the lights in peace.
Here’s why…
— It’s crowded. Walls of people. Everywhere. And kids. Lots of kids and strollers.
— It’s amateur night. People who don’t ever come downtown are there in droves. Enough said.
— There’s traffic. Massive traffic jams. Everywhere. Even public transit is a hot mess.
— Dinner? Hope you made a reservation. A month ago.
— You are going to have to use the restroom. Good luck with that.
— It’s loud. You know that band you wanted to hear? You can’t really hear it over all the crowd noise.
Pittsburgh is an awesome place around the holidays, but the crowd on light up night gets old quick. There is a reason why most of the offices downtown tell their employees to leave early and get out while you can.