By The Associated PressWednesday, April 4, 2007
The Pittsburgh Pirates will change the name of a stadium sports bar from "Club 21" to "Club 3000" to avoid a legal flap.
The Pirates announced last month they planned to rename PNC Park's sports bar "Montecristo Club" as "Club 21" in honor of Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente, who wore No. 21 and played right field. The club overlooks right field.
The proposed name, however, caused an issue with the "21 Club" restaurant, a New York City institution and former Prohibition-era speakeasy.
The team announced today the stadium sports bar will now be called "Club 3000" and include photo displays of Clemente, Honus Wagner and Paul Waner, who are all members of baseball's illustrious 3,000-hit club.
Clemente died in a plane crash on New Year's Eve 1972 during a trip to deliver relief supplies to victims of an earthquake in Nicaragua. He had 3,000 hits in 18 major league seasons.
The team is transforming the cigar bar, Montecristo Club, after banning smoking throughout PNC Park because of an Allegheny Countywide ban on public smoking.
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