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'It's going to be a big impact:' Saint Vincent College prepares for Steelers training camp without Dan Rooney

Pittsburgh Steelers training camp will kick off next week in Latrobe without a familiar face. This is the first year without Dan Rooney, who died in April.

'It's going to be a big impact:' Saint Vincent College prepares for Steelers training camp without Dan Rooney

Pittsburgh Steelers training camp will kick off next week in Latrobe without a familiar face. This is the first year without Dan Rooney, who died in April.

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'It's going to be a big impact:' Saint Vincent College prepares for Steelers training camp without Dan Rooney

Pittsburgh Steelers training camp will kick off next week in Latrobe without a familiar face. This is the first year without Dan Rooney, who died in April.

Steelers training camp will kick off next week at Saint Vincent College without a familiar face. This is the first year without Dan Rooney, the team's chairman and longtime owner, who died in April."It's going to be a big impact," said Father Anthony Grossi, O.S.B. "We would always see him walking around and being with the fans, being with the players, so it's going to be a void that we will definitely feel this year."A special Mass for players and the public will be added this year to honor Rooney and reflect on his life and what he meant to the Saint Vincent campus."He will be missed, but he will also be remembered," said the college's president, Brother Norman Hipps.There are 16 practices scheduled to be open to the public -- 14 on the Saint Vincent campus, one at Latrobe Memorial Stadium at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 4, and one evening practice, Family Fest, at Heinz Field on Sunday, Aug. 6.Four of the practices at Saint Vincent are scheduled on weekends, including two on Saturdays and two on Sundays.The complete schedule of public practices: 2:55 p.m. Friday, July 282:55 p.m. Saturday, July 292:55 p.m. Sunday, July 302:55 p.m. Monday, July 312:55 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22:55 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 37 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4 (Latrobe Memorial Stadium)2:55 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 55 to 9 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 6 at Heinz Field (Family Fest)2:55 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 82:55 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 92:55 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 132:55 p.m. Monday, Aug. 142:55 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 162:55 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 172:55 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18

Steelers training camp will kick off next week at Saint Vincent College without a familiar face. This is the first year without Dan Rooney, the team's chairman and longtime owner, who died in April.

"It's going to be a big impact," said Father Anthony Grossi, O.S.B. "We would always see him walking around and being with the fans, being with the players, so it's going to be a void that we will definitely feel this year."

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A special Mass for players and the public will be added this year to honor Rooney and reflect on his life and what he meant to the Saint Vincent campus.

"He will be missed, but he will also be remembered," said the college's president, Brother Norman Hipps.

There are 16 practices scheduled to be open to the public -- 14 on the Saint Vincent campus, one at Latrobe Memorial Stadium at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 4, and one evening practice, Family Fest, at Heinz Field on Sunday, Aug. 6.

Four of the practices at Saint Vincent are scheduled on weekends, including two on Saturdays and two on Sundays.

The complete schedule of public practices:

2:55 p.m. Friday, July 28

2:55 p.m. Saturday, July 29

2:55 p.m. Sunday, July 30

2:55 p.m. Monday, July 31

2:55 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2

2:55 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 3

7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4 (Latrobe Memorial Stadium)

2:55 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5

5 to 9 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 6 at Heinz Field (Family Fest)

2:55 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8

2:55 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9

2:55 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13

2:55 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14

2:55 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16

2:55 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17

2:55 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18