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State of State: Penn State AD Pat Kraft updates fans on Beaver Stadium, other projects

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Penn State AD Pat Kraft. (Photo: Thomas Frank Carr/BWI)

Penn State athletic director Pat Kraft spoke with reporters for the first time since February on Tuesday. Fall sports started in August, and the Nittany Lions football team is 11 days away from opening the 2025 season. More importantly for Kraft, Beaver Stadium’s offseason renovations need to pause for the season on Aug 30, and the stadium needs to be ready for visitors. Is it?

Hear Kraft’s full conversation with the media below, or on the Blue White Illustrated YouTube Channel. It’s a busy day of activity for the program with the final open practice of training camp the same afternoon. Media will also tour the new Greenberg Sports Complex, which includes a new dining room for athletes.

To see and hear everything from a jam-packed afternoon, subscribe to the Blue White Illustrated YouTube Channel.

Penn State fans eagerly anticipate the renovations to Beaver Stadium

Of course, one of the first and most important topics Kraft covered was the renovations to Beaver Stadium.

There are currently temporary bleachers attached to the west side of the stadium, where the old press box and grandstands stood. Construction began in December with the felling of the old press box and removal of the upper section of bleachers.

Concurrent to the Beaver Stadium project, the University has been reworking the Greenberg sports complex into an athletes-only dining hall and nutrition station. The Greenberg Sports Complex will now serve as football’s primary dining hall.

Penn State is aggressively attacking facilities

Speaking of Holuba Hall, Penn State’s soccer facility is also going up next to Jeffrey Field. The new structure will house the men’s and women’s soccer programs, giving them a state-of-the-art facility and locker rooms at the field.

It will also allow Penn State’s football team wider access to Holuba Hall, which is shared by all sports as the only indoor practice facility on campus. Once the new practice bubble is erected, football will have full access to Holuba for training and individual work.