How old is beaver stadium

By Aaron Sulpizio. Located northeast of Rec Hall, New Beaver Field seated 30, Image: Kevin McGuire In , the team needed a greater seating capacity and larger grand stands, so it decided to uproot itself from its previous location, and move to a section of campus northeast of Rec Hall.

Beaver Stadium from , in its permanent location Image: nittanyanthology. In , an upper deck was dded to the North end zone increasing capacity to 93, Image: nittanyanthology. Your ad blocker is on.

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The original game field for the Nittany Lions was located beside Old Main and only had about seats. The team played here from to In , Beaver Field was opened near Rec Hall and housed approximately 30, spectators. In , the structure from Beaver Field was moved across campus to the current location of Beaver Stadium.

The new location also featured an expansion from 30, seats to about 46, seats. This structure is still the lower level of the stadium today. Beaver Stadium is named after James A. Beaver, who was the governor of Pennsylvania from to James Beaver was a lawyer from Bellefonte before enlisting in the Union Army as a second lieutenant.

He concluded his time as a military officer as a brigadier general in In addition to becoming the governor of Pennsylvania, he was also a superior court judge. Beaver died in Since the move in , Beaver Stadium has undergone a number of expansions. The stadium has been expanded six times since its original structure to a current capacity of , seats.

Ever since its relocation in , the stadium has been growing every decade and its shape is constantly changing. One thing constant about it is the name Beaver though changed from Field to Stadium , celebrating James A. Beaver, Civil War veteran, governor and one of the creators of current Penn State. Still, a decrease from almost , to , capacity-wise.

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