Beaver Stadium has temporary seating for the 2025 Penn State football season. (Pickel/BWI)
STATE COLLEGE — The home of Penn State football is just about ready to go for game day. Beaver Stadium will host its first game since a multi-year $700 million renovation project started with the felling of the press box back in January in just 25 days when Nevada comes to town for the opener. Since, plenty of construction work has been done on the west side of the stadium. Now, temporary seats are in place to try and ensure that the Lions have as close to 107,000 fans (or more) at every game as possible.
The complete project will not be done until sometime before the 2027 season. But, as you can see in the photos below, progress is evident in terms of what was accomplished over the last six months.
“West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium may look different but we know this place is going to be rocking like it is every single year and probably just like me, I walked into the stadium and from the inside of the stadium looking up, it’s really impressive what they have been able to do with the temporary bleachers and things like that,” James Franklin said on Saturday. “So, excited about that.”
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Beaver Stadium photos: Aug. 2
We have a number of images for you to see from Saturday’s Penn State media day at Beaver Stadium. Here they are:
Beaver Stadium has temporary seating on the west side for the 2025 Penn State football season. (Pickel/BWI)(Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics)The temporary west side seating structure at Penn State’s Beaver Stadium. (Pickel/BWI)The temporary west side seating structure at Penn State’s Beaver Stadium. (Pickel/BWI)Temporary seating at Penn State’s Beaver Stadium. (Pickel/BWI)Beaver Stadium has temporary seating for the 2025 football season. (Pickel/BWI)Beaver Stadium has temporary seating for the 2025 Penn State football season. (Pickel/BWI)Temporary seating at Penn State’s Beaver Stadium. (Pickel/BWI)Beaver Stadium has temporary seating for the 2025 football season. (Pickel/BWI)Temporary seating at Penn State’s Beaver Stadium. (Pickel/BWI)Beaver Stadium has temporary seating for the 2025 football season. (Pickel/BWI)Beaver Stadium has temporary seating for the 2025 football season. (Pickel/BWI)
Recapping the last six months of work at the home of Penn State football
You can see photos below that BWI and/or Penn State Athletics have taken throughout the duration of this project. They date back to January and are all ID’d as such below:
Construction work continues at Beaver Stadium on July 24. (Photo courtesy of PSU Athletics)(Photo courtesy of PSU Athletics)Construction work continues at Beaver Stadium on July 24 ahead of the Lions’ season opener with Nevada on Aug. 30. (Photo courtesy of PSU Athletics)(Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics)Construction work continues at Beaver Stadium on July 24 ahead of the Lions’ season opener with Nevada on Aug. 30. (Photo courtesy of PSU Athletics)(Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics)Construction work continues at Beaver Stadium on July 24 ahead of the Lions’ season opener with Nevada on Aug. 30. (Photo courtesy of PSU Athletics)(Courtesy of PSU Athletics via Facebook on July 18))(Photo courtesy of PSU Athletics via Facebook on July 18)(Courtesy of PSU Athletics via Facebook on July 18)(Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics via Facebook on July 18)Construction continues at Beaver Stadium in this photo from mid-July. (Pickel/BWI)Construction continues at Beaver Stadium in this photo from mid-July. (Pickel/BWI)A mid-July look at the ongoing construction at Beaver Stadium. (Pickel/BWI)Temporary stairs will take fans to the concourse level at Beaver Stadium. (Pickel/BWI)A look at the ongoing construction at Penn State’s Beaver Stadium in mid-July. (Pickel/BWI)
Beaver Stadium renovation at the Blue-White Game in April. (File photo credit: Nate Bauer/BWI)(Mandatory Credit: Matthew O’Haren-Imagn Images)Beaver Stadium during the winter. (Screenshot courtesy of PSU Athletics via YouTube)PSU began the first major part of its renovations for Beaver Stadium on Jan 4 with the demolition of the press box. Approximately 102 charges were used to bring down the structure. (Photo: Thomas Frank Carr/BWI)
