Beaver Stadium is an outdoor football stadium located on the campus of The Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania. It is home to the Penn State Nittany Lions of the Big Ten Conference. The stadium is named for James A. Beaver, a former governor of Pennsylvania (1887–91) and president of the university’s board of trustees.
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Beaver Stadium has a capacity of 107,282, making it the largest stadium in the United States (It was announced on March 11, 2008 that Michigan Stadium, previously the largest, will have its capacity temporarily reduced by 1,300 as a result of an accessibility-related lawsuit).
It is also the largest stadium in North America, and the third largest stadium in the world. The natural grass playing field sits at an elevation of 1,170 feet (356 m) above sea level.
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Due to its large size, Beaver Stadium is widely known as one of the toughest venues for opposing teams in collegiate athletics. Kirk Herbstreit of ESPN says that Penn State has the best student section in the nation and Gameday at PSU is “The Greatest Show in College Sports”. In 2008 Beaver Stadium was recognized as having the best student section in the country for the second consecutive year.
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Beaver Stadium’s record crowd of 110,753 witnessed Penn State’s 40-7 victory over Nebraska on September 14, 2002.
In 2002, Penn State also set an NCAA record for largest season attendance, with 1,257,707 watching Penn State games over the course of the season.
It is boasted by the Penn State community that during home games at State College the stadium is the 3rd largest city by “population” in the state. It follows Philadelphia (1,517,550) and Pittsburgh (334,563) and precedes Allentown (106,632).
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