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What's it like inside the renovated Beaver Stadium? Take a look at the temp seats and more before Penn State-Nevada

Greg Pickelby: Greg Pickel08/30/25GregPickel
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The temporary bleachers at Beaver Stadium before Penn State-Nevada. (Pickel/BWI)

STATE COLLEGE — Penn State football opens the 2025 football season on Saturday against Nevada. It’s the first game at Beaver Stadium since renovations started back in January. The school is amid a multi-year $700 million renovation project. Athletic director Pat Kraft said last week that the work is through its first phase. It will be completed in totality before the 2027 season.

“I think we’re in the second quarter,” Kraft said. “First quarter, kind of getting the demo, getting everything down, and [then] up and running. So yes, knock on wood, but we’re really in a good spot. We’re moving. We’re on time. What you will see, over there, there will be walls up. We’re still working through the year. Now, we’ll stop construction on Thursday night and get ready for game day. But they’re going to keep working, for example, on the club level and the main Concourse, bathrooms, concessions, all the things that are on those levels, they’ll continue to work. You’ll start to see after the year, I call it the super structure, [will go up]. So the height, you’ll see us go back up higher to get the upper level done in the off-season. But from a game day perspective, like what you see is what it is.

“But they’ll continue to do all the things they can behind the scenes. You will not get to see the depth of the concourses, because we’re blocking it off so that we can continue to do construction.”

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What’s it like inside Beaver Stadium now?

Check out various views from around the stadium below. They include the new temporary bleachers on the west side, drink rail seating, and a look at the field from the east side press box.

Game time, TV channel, how to watch: Penn State vs. Nevada

Venue: Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa.

Kick time: 3:30 p.m. ET

TV: CBS

On the call: Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (color commentator), and Jenny Dell (sideline reporter)

Penn State radio: Steve Jones, Jack Ham, and Brian Tripp will call the Penn State Sports Network radio broadcast on Saturday. It airs on 99.5 & 103.7 FM/1450 AM locally and at GoPSUSports.com online.

Series facts: This marks the first meeting between the two schools. All-time, Penn State is 6-0 against current members of the Mountain West.