Try hotels in:
-Greensburg, PA or Irwin, PA (a 30-45 minute drive east of the city, but not really suburbs of Pitsburgh)
-New Stanton, PA (a bit further east)
If you are driving in from the east on the PA Turnpike, both of these areas are close to the Turnpike. Greensburg/Irwin is the exit just before Exit 57, which is the 1st Pittsburgh exit if you are coming from the east (Greensburg is a little further from the Turnpike exit but it has nice hotels), and New Stanton is the next exit further east.
CoachC, "Burgh"-dweller
