Beaver Stadium
Beaver Stadium is a stadium in University Park, United States that opened in 1960. Its recorded capacity is 106,572.
Key facts
Beaver Stadium is a stadium in University Park, United States that opened in 1960. Its recorded capacity is 106,572. It is owned by Pennsylvania State University. It is operated by Pennsylvania State University. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 2 names in total, including Beaver Field. Current tenants are Penn State Nittany Lions.
- Location
- University Park, United States
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 106,572
- Opened
- 1960
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Pennsylvania State University
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 1
Beaver Stadium is at latitude 40.8122, longitude -77.8563, in University Park, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 40.8122 |
| Longitude | -77.8563 |
| City | University Park |
| Region | Not recorded |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | way/500000068 |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Naming rights
Beaver Stadium has carried 2 recorded names. Beaver Field (no sponsor) ran 1960 to 1962. Beaver Stadium (no sponsor) ran 1962 to present. The average tenure of a name here is 2 years.
Data table for this chart
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Pennsylvania State University | 1960 to present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Pennsylvania State University | 1960 to present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn State Nittany Lions | NCAA Division I FBS | 1960 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
No changes to this venue have been recorded yet. Changes are written by each monthly pipeline run and listed on the change log.
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The dataset as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Manual correction: N/A. Corrected by site editors from a cited primary source.
Row-level sources used for this venue: