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  • Beaver Stadium
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  • Beaver Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania, United States, on the campus of The Pennsylvania State University. It is home to the Penn State Nittany Lions of the Big Ten Conference since 1960, though some parts of the stadium date back to 1909. The stadium is named for James A. Beaver, a former governor of Pennsylvania (1887–91) and president of the university's board of trustees. Beaver Stadium has an official seating capacity of 106,572, making it currently the second-largest stadium in the Western Hemisphere and the fourth-largest in the world.
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Former names
  • Beaver Field
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expanded
  • 1969
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1978
  • 1980
  • 1991
  • 2001
Nickname
  • Happy Valley
  • The House that Paterno Built
Name
  • Beaver Stadium
record attendance
  • 110753
broke ground
  • 1959
construction cost
  • 1600000.0
  • 9.3E7
Capacity
  • 106572
Operator
Surface
  • Natural grass
renovated
  • 1984
  • 1985
  • 2001
  • 2008
Architect
Opened
  • 1960-09-17
  • (Capacity 46,284)
Owner
tenants
  • Penn State Nittany Lions
Location
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  • Beaver Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania, United States, on the campus of The Pennsylvania State University. It is home to the Penn State Nittany Lions of the Big Ten Conference since 1960, though some parts of the stadium date back to 1909. The stadium is named for James A. Beaver, a former governor of Pennsylvania (1887–91) and president of the university's board of trustees. Beaver Stadium has an official seating capacity of 106,572, making it currently the second-largest stadium in the Western Hemisphere and the fourth-largest in the world. Beaver Stadium is widely known as one of the toughest venues for opposing teams in collegiate athletics. In 2008, Beaver Stadium was recognized as having the best student section in the country for the second consecutive year. The stadium is the first to have its interior included in Google Street View.
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