Please Support Hines Ward’s Charity Fundraising Weekend June 4-6, 2010!!

Local product, current Steeler and former Georgia Bulldog star Hines Ward is sponsoring a charity event here in Atlanta the weekend of June 4-6. There are several events planned. Hines will be present along with other Steelers and NFL stars. It is for a worthy cause, The Hines Ward Helping Hands Foundation. According to his web site their mission is two-fold: “We help bi-racial Korean children to have a better quality of life while promoting equality and we provide educational programs to help children build confidence and   maintain a work ethic that will provide them the tools to succeed in life.” See Hines Ward’s fan page at http://www.mvp86.com/ for more details! (Also, see the POST on this web site in the “News/Post” tab or below to see a couple of pictures of last years event). Steelers fans have always been generous when it comes to charity, especially when it benefits children. Please help Hines help these kids! You will meet several Steelers and other NFL celebrities and I can guarantee you will be glad you attended!!! 

 Club Information

NOW IN OUR 21st SEASON OF PROUDLY CHEERING FOR OUR STEELERS FROM ATLANTA, GEORGIA!!

The Pittsburgh Steelers Fan Club of Atlanta (formerly the Steelers Fan Club of Gwinnett in Atlanta-metro) is an informal group of Pittsburgh Steeler fans whose sole purpose is to get together on Sundays to cheer the Steelers back to the Super Bowl. We have no officers, meetings, or dues. The only requirement for membership in this exclusive club is that you be a die-hard fan of the Black and Gold! Recruit for us, the more the merrier! We maintain a “membership” address list so that we can keep in touch with each other and so that we might meet up with some old buddies from the ‘Burgh.

The club meets for all Steeler games at Barnacle’s at 2125 Market Street near Gwinnett Place Mall. Barnacle’s is an over-18 venue which allows smoking. Barnacles has NFL Sunday Ticket and a bunch of TV’s. We’ve been watching Steeler games there since 1991. These guys do a great job of taking care of their Steeler friends. They even have Iron City beer! It is a friendly place with a great menu and plenty of video games, pool tables, etc.. Wear your Steeler colors proudly – you will be in good company! We typically get over 100 Steelers fans for the games. They show the other team’s games too, but the sound system and most of the TVs are on the Steelers game!

Directions to Barnacle’s: Take the Pleasant Hill Road exit off of I-85, go west on Pleasant Hill about 1/4 mile, make a right onto Mall Blvd (at the Kentucky Fried Chicken), make the next left onto Market Street, Barnacle’s is on the corner on the right. Phone: 770-418-9510.

For a second location in 2010, we are also considering the Twisted Tavern in Suwanee, Ga, off the Lawrenceville Suwanee Road (rt 317) exit of I-85, just a couple of mles south of the Mall of Georgia exit. Twisted Tavern offers a venue which allows fans under 18 years old. They also have a separate smoking section as well, for those who like to smoke. It is also more convenient for the fans living in Suwannee and further north. Directions: Take exit 111 of of I-85, head east, make a left at the light on to Horizon Drive. The Twisted Tavern will be a short distance down Horizon, on your right. Please stop by and offer your opinion either by email, or by posting a message to this web site.
http://www.twistedtavern.net/index.html

Club History

The club was started in 1990 at the Falcon Inn, then the home of the Atlanta Falcons, in Suwanee Georgia since they had a satellite dish and were willing to put up with a few Steelers fans on Sundays. The club didn’t have a name back then since it was just a handful of diehards. The first game of the season wasn’t shown since lightning struck the satellite dish the night before. Things went downhill from there, although the staff was very friendly and we had some pretty good times there.

In 1991 Barnacle’s, then called Jordan’s, was opened in Duluth, Georgia near where many of us work. It was a great, convenient place to stop for a cold one after work and we got to know the owner and managers pretty well. When they installed a satellite dish before the 1991 season we jumped at the chance to move the club – and they accepted. That year we had a membership list of about 20 people. We’re still at Barnacle’s and the membership list has grown to over 330.

In 2009, the Fan Club expanded to include a venue near the Mall of Georgia, Stone Creek Tavern. Stone Creek was added as a venue because so many of our members have moved to the areas surrounding the Mall of Georgia over the years. Unfortunately, Stone Creek Tavern closed after 1 season and relocated to the Dacula area.