Beaver Stadium
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Pennsylvania State University 127 Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA 16802 |
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| Coordinates | 40°48′44″N 77°51′22″W / 40.81222°N 77.85611°WCoordinates: 40°48′44″N 77°51′22″W / 40.81222°N 77.85611°W |
| Owner | Pennsylvania State University |
| Operator | Pennsylvania State University |
| Capacity | 106,572 |
| Record attendance | 110,753 (2002) |
| Surface | Natural grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1959 |
| Opened | September 17, 1960 Capacity 46,284 |
| Renovated | 2014 Scoreboards changed 2008 Marquee boards added 2001 1985 Walkways and ramps added 1984 Lights added |
| Expanded | 2011 Capacity 106,572 2001 Capacity 107,282 1991 Capacity 93,967 1985 Capacity 83,370 1980 Capacity 83,770 1978 Capacity 76,639 1976 Capacity 60,203 1972 Capacity 57,538 1969 Capacity 46,284 1907 Capacity Unlimited |
| Construction cost | $1.6 million ($13 million in 2017 dollars) $93 million (2001 expansion) |
| Architect | Michael Baker Jr., Inc. HOK Sport (2001 expansion) |
| Tenants | |
| Penn State Nittany Lions (NCAA) (1960–present) | |
Beaver Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania, United States, on the campus of The Pennsylvania State University. It is home to the Penn State Nittany Lions of the Big Ten Conference since 1960, though some parts of the stadium date back to 1909. The stadium is named after James A. Beaver, a former governor of Pennsylvania (1887–91) and president of the university's board of trustees.
Beaver Stadium has an official seating capacity of 106,572, making it currently the second largest stadium in the Western Hemisphere and the third largest in the world.
Beaver Stadium is widely known as one of the toughest venues for opposing teams in collegiate athletics. In 2008, Beaver Stadium was recognized as having the best student section in the country for the second consecutive year. In 2016, it was voted the number-one football stadium in college football in a USA Today poll, garnering over 41 percent of the vote
The stadium is the first to have its interior included in Google Street View.
Until 1893, Penn State teams participated in sporting events on Old Main lawn, a large grassy area in front of the primary classroom building of the time. Beaver Field, a 500-seat structure located behind the current site of the Osmond Building, was the first permanent home for Penn State's football team, and the first game played there was a Penn State victory over Western University of Pennsylvania (now the University of Pittsburgh) on November 6, 1893. In 1909, New Beaver Field opened just northeast of Rec Hall, roughly in the current location of the Nittany Parking deck. It served as Penn State's stadium until 1960, when the entire 30,000 seat stadium was dismantled and moved to the east end of campus, reassembled and expanded to 46,284 seats—the lower half of the current facility—and dubbed Beaver Stadium.
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