Home Of The Lions
by Dawn Gari
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Home Of The Lions
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Dawn Gari
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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 sixth-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.
Stadium Facts
The stadium is the first to have its interior included in Google Street View
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 (118,032) and Erie (101,786).
Stadium Traditions
Tailgating, Student Section "S-Zone", Whiteout Games, Zombie Nation, Tunnel
Entrance, Fast & Slow Wave
Blue Band Traditions
The Flip, Floating Lions
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August 23rd, 2014
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