A backside view of the west side temporary seats at Beaver Stadium at Penn State. (Pickel/BWI)
STATE COLLEGE — Penn State opens the 2025 season 10 days from Wednesday when Nevada comes to Beaver Stadium. As promised and expected, Beaver Stadium will be ready for the contest. Construction work continues at the home of Nittany Lion football amid a $700 million renovation project that will last through some part of the preseason portion of 2027. But with temporary bleachers now up on the west side in addition to the northeast and southeast corners of the venue, it’s ready to go for game day.
“Prior to the installation that you all saw being built, Thornton Tomasetti, a structural engineering company, came by to conduct a thorough review of the existing floor plate of the main concourse level, which is where the temporary seating is,” Kraft said Tuesday. “They wanted to make sure that they could hold the load of the temp seating, first and foremost. So structural engineers looked at it. Then the structure went into a two-phase check. So, InProduction, they put the bleachers up, they look at it, and we bring in an independent third party to come in and look at it. So the structure is safe. It is safe, been looked at. It’s been inspected.
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Beaver Stadium photos: Aug 19
Our camera stopped by Beaver Stadium, which will have a capacity of 106,304 this year, for a look at the progress that’s been made over the last week before Kraft’s news conference Tuesday afternoon at the newly-renovated Greenberg Indoor Sports Complex. You can see them below.
An updated look at the structures now in place on the west side of Beaver Stadium. (Pickel/BWI)A backside view of the west side temporary seats at Beaver Stadium at Penn State. (Pickel/BWI)The backside view of the west side temporary seats at Beaver Stadium. (Pickel/BWI)A look at the temporary signage now in place on the west side temporary seats at Beaver Stadium at Penn State. (Pickel/BWI)An updated look at the structures now in place on the west side of Beaver Stadium. (Pickel/BWI)A backside view of the west side temporary seats at Beaver Stadium at Penn State. (Pickel/BWI)A backside view of the west side temporary seats at Beaver Stadium. (Pickel/BWI)
See photos of the progress at the home of Penn State football over the last few months
Blue-White Illustrated has been documenting the building of the temporary seats and the structures that will take Penn State fans to them all summer. You can see a review of them below.
Aug. 12 update:
A staircase in the southwest corner of Beaver Stadium will lead fans to the concourse where temporary bleachers are now sitting. (Pickel/BWI)One part of the three sets of temporary bleachers on the west side of Penn State football’s Beaver Stadium revitalization. (Pickel/BWI)One part of the three sets of temporary bleachers on the west side of Beaver Stadium. (Pickel/BWI)A closer look at the walkway that will take fans to the temporary bleachers at Beaver Stadium. (Pickel/BWI)Temporary bleachers stand in front of a walk way on the west side of Beaver Stadium on Aug. 13, 2025. (Pickel/BWI)The last section of temporary bleachers on the west side of Penn State’s Beaver Stadium. (Pickel/BWI)A look at the structure built to take Penn State fans to the temporary bleacher at Beaver Stadium. (Pickel/BWI)PSU built new walkways to reach the temporary bleachers at Beaver Stadium. (Pickel/BWI)Temporary bleachers and the walkway leading to them at Beaver Stadium on Aug. 12. (Pickel/BWI)The new cement steps and walkway that will take PSU fans to the new temporary bleachers at Beaver Stadium. A view of the temporary bleachers in the southwest corner of Beaver Stadium. (Pickel/BWI)
Aug. 2 update (some photos courtesy of Penn State Athletics.)
(Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics)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 Penn State football season. (Pickel/BWI)Beaver Stadium has temporary seating for the 2025 Penn State football season. (Pickel/BWI)Beaver Stadium has temporary seating for the 2025 Penn State football season. (Pickel/BWI)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)
Mid-July update (some photos 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 Penn State 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)Temporary stairs will take fans to the concourse level at Beaver Stadium. (Pickel/BWI)A look at the ongoing construction at PSU’s Beaver Stadium in mid-July. (Pickel/BWI)
