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All-Sports Museum announces Beaver Stadium tours for Arts Fest, Parents weekends

Beaver Stadium tours during the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts (July 12-14) and Parents and Families Weekend (Oct. 19-21) will include access to the media room, home locker room, tunnel and field, as well as recruiting and club areas.   Credit: Molly Basilio . All Rights Reserved .

June 19, 2018

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State All-Sports Museum will offer Beaver Stadium tours during next month’s Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, as well as during Parents and Families Weekend in October.  

The tours will include access to the media room, home locker room, tunnel and field, as well as recruiting and club areas. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students, seniors and Friends of the Penn State All-Sports Museum. Children ages 3 and under are free. Some walk-up tickets may be available for $25 per person.

Tickets for all 2018 stadium tours are immediately available to the Friends of the Penn State All-Sports Museum. Tickets will be made available to the general public on the dates indicated below. For more information about becoming a Friend of the Penn State All-Sports Museum, visit http://www.gopsusports.com/museum/friend.html or call 814-865-0044.

Tour tickets can be ordered by calling 1-800-NITTANY between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, or by visiting the Athletic Ticket Office between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Stadium tour dates and times are as follows:

Arts Festival Weekend

• July 12: 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
• July 13: 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
• July 14: 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Public registration date: Monday, June 25, at 10 a.m.

Parents and Families Weekend

• Oct. 19: 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.
• Oct. 20: 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.
• Oct. 21: 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Public registration date: Wednesday, Aug. 15, at 10 a.m.

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Registration Closed for Parents & Families Weekend 2022

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Parents & Families Weekend 2022

Registration opens on August 25, 2022 at 12:00 pm ET .

Parents and Families Weekend provides an opportunity for you to connect with your student and experience Penn State through their eyes. This is an especially good time to visit a first-year student who may be ready for a visit from home and a little extra TLC. All families are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Events are scheduled from Friday, October 7 at 12:00 pm to Sunday, October 9 at 4:00 pm. You can explore the Schedule of Events to assist you in making your travel plans.

There is no cost to register or attend for Parents and Families Weekend and there is plenty of space for all families, however, some events require an RSVP, fee, and/or ticket purchase . Space is limited for these events and many of these fill up/sell out VERY quickly. After you complete your registration you will receive a confirmation email with additional instructions on how to register and/or purchase tickets to additional events held during the weekend.

OPTIONAL ADD-ONS: 

Family Pride Packs:  SOLD OUT

• You will have the opportunity to purchase a Family Pride Pack for $45 during the registration process. Purchasing a pride pack is NOT required to attend Parents and Families Weekend. We expect these to sell out quickly. Limit one (1) Family Pride Pack per family.

Beaver Stadium Photo Op on Sunday:   SOLD OUT

• Top off your visit to Happy Valley with a few family photos in Beaver Stadium. Access the stadium via the Letterman’s Gate on the south side of Beaver Stadium. After entering the stadium, you and your family will have access to an outdoor terrace overlooking the field. Weather permitting. This is a free event, but reservations are required. During the registration process, please select one, 30-minute timeslot to access Beaver Stadium. This is NOT a stadium tour. You will receive an email prior to the event with detailed instructions.

All-Sports Museum Beaver Stadium Tour:  SOLD OUT

• Tickets go on sale on August 25, at 12:00 pm EST (This is a separate process from registering for Parents and Families Weekend. Families do NOT need to be registered for Parents and Families Weekend before purchasing Beaver Stadium Tour tickets.)  Tickets are limited and sell out very quickly. 
• Tickets:  $20/adult, children under 3 free (+$2.25/ticket Ticketmaster processing fee). Tickets can be ordered at https://am.ticketmaster.com/pennstate/stadiumtours . Tickets will be mobile and there is a limit of six (6) tickets per transaction. Call 1-800-NITTANY if you wish to purchase tickets in a larger quantity. All tickets will be first come first serve d and are non-refundable. The stadium bag policy will be in place. All proceeds benefit the All-Sports Museum’s collections and public programs. For information: [email protected] or by calling 814-865-0044. We recommend setting up Ticketmaster account before the sale.

IMPORTANT: Please keep your electronic confirmation email; you and your guests may need it to access some events or facilities (it is not necessary to print a copy).

Attendance at any public event involves certain unavoidable risks such as exposure to or infection by transmissible diseases, viruses, and other illnesses (including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and its variants). Your presence at events or programs hosted by The Pennsylvania State University indicates your assumption of any and all such risk as well as your agreement to adhere to all University policies including, but not limited to, those intended to mitigate the spread of transmissible illnesses. As a member of our community or guest, it is your responsibility to practice basic health, safety, and sanitation measures. The University prohibits your attendance if you are symptomatic of any commonly spread transmissible illness.

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Beaver Stadium

Beaver Stadium, the home of the Nittany Lions, is one of the nation's premier football venues. An expansion and renovation prior to the 2001 season added more than 12,000 seats, increasing the stadium's capacity to 106,572 and easing the waiting list for season ticket requests from Penn State fans.

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The second-largest stadium in the nation, the renovation and expansion added restrooms and concession facilities, new scoreboards with instant-replay capability, and improved handicap access and pedestrian circulation patterns. The most noticeable changes are 60 enclosed skyboxes in a three-level structure above the East stands and an 11,500-seat upper deck in the South end zone.

Beaver Stadium has more than doubled in size since it was moved from its former site northeast of Rec Hall on the west side of campus to the east end of the campus in 1960. The addition of a 10,033-seat upper deck in the north end zone in 1991 and portable seats on the north end zone concourse increased the stadium's capacity to 93,967.

In 1980, expansion raised the capacity to 83,770. Lights were added in 1984. In 1985, the addition of walkways around the tops of the end zones and entry ramps at the four corners resulted in lowering the capacity to 83,370.

Penn State dedicated Beaver Stadium with a 20-0 win over Boston University on Sept. 17, 1960. Nittany Lion halfback Eddie Caye scored the stadium's first touchdown at 10:45 of the first quarter.

Built in a horseshoe configuration seating 46,284 in 1960, the stadium now towers 110 rows on the east side, 100 rows on the west, 60 in the lower end zones, 35 in the north upper deck, 20 in the club seating level and 25 in the south upper deck.

Additions of over 2,000 seats in 1969 and more than 9,000 in 1972 increased the capacity to 57,538. Expanded bleachers in the south end zone in 1976 raised the capacity to 60,203.

A uniquely engineered expansion during the winter, spring and summer of 1978 added more than 16,000 seats, bringing the capacity to 76,639. The stadium was cut into sections, raised eight feet by hydraulic jacks and precast concrete seating forms inserted within the inner circle of the stadium, where a running track previously had been located.

Penn State's first permanent home for football was Beaver Field, which stood between the present-day Osmond and Frear laboratories in center campus. Before that, games were played on the Old Main lawn.

The first game at 500-seat Beaver Field was played on Nov. 6, 1893 against Western University of Pittsburgh (later to become the University of Pittsburgh). The 32-0 Penn State victory was delayed two days because of bad weather and played on a Monday afternoon.

New Beaver Field, located near Rec Hall, was dedicated in 1909 with a 31-0 win over Grove City. Originally constructed of wood, the stadium was converted to steel in 1936. The area also contained facilities for baseball, lacrosse, soccer and track.

New Beaver Field was the Lions' home through the 1959 season, after which the 30,000-seat stadium was dismantled and moved in 700 pieces one mile to the east side of campus. The old stadium was reassembled with 16,000 additional seats to form Beaver Stadium.

The stadium is named in honor of James A. Beaver. A lawyer in nearby Bellefonte at the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army as a second lieutenant and rose to the rank of brigadier general prior to his discharge in 1864. Beaver, who died in 1914, served as a superior court judge, governor of Pennsylvania and president of the University's Board of Trustees. He is credited with being among the most influential leaders in the development of the University at the turn of the century.

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Tee it up at Penn State as Topgolf Live Stadium Tour arrives at Beaver Stadium this weekend

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The Topgolf Live Stadium Tour officially arrives at Penn State’s Beaver Stadium this weekend, giving fans an opportunity to take their swings at the Lions’ iconic home field. The tour will swing through Happy Valley Thursday through Sunday for those who purchase tickets for the experience in one-hour time blocks. Ticket information can be found here .

Topgolf 🤝 Beaver Stadium pic.twitter.com/GT4eKrC1Uj — Penn State Football (@PennStateFball) June 1, 2022

Targets will be set up on the turf of Beaver Stadium from 60 to 140 yards away from the tee box, and Topgolf’s tracer technology can track the flight and score every shot. Each bay can fit up to six golfers and came at a variety of prices:

$40 for Penn State student hours (see below)

$80 for non-peak hours

$90 for peak hours

$10 for spectator tickets

$185 for Unrivaled Experience Package

Parking is included in Topgolf Live Stadium Tour pricing.

Topgolf Live Stadium Tour Hours

Student Hours: Thursday & Friday – 11 a.m.-noon; Saturday – 8:40-9:40 a.m.

Non-Peak Hours: Thursday & Friday – 11 a.m.-4:40 p.m.

Peak Hours: Thursday – 4:50-10:30 p.m.; Friday – 4:50-11:40 p.m.; Saturday – 9:50 a.m.-1:10 p.m. & 8:20-11:40 p.m.; Sunday – 9:50 a.m.-8:10 p.m.

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Per a press release from Penn State athletics:

The Unrivaled Experience Package includes access to an exclusive stadium tour, a complimentary Penn State White Course greens fee ($39 value), two drink tickets, a limited-edition Topgolf Live hat provided by Black Clover, a complimentary Topgolf lifetime membership and a game play $10 voucher, redeemable at any U.S. Topgolf location, excluding Topgolf Las Vegas.

Food and beverages will be available for purchase throughout the experience.

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Topgolf live stadium tour coming to beaver stadium june 2022.

The Topgolf Live Stadium Tour will make its way to Beaver Stadium from June 2 to 5, Penn State announced on Tuesday. Through the experience, fans will get the chance to tee off from the stands and virtually hit the links in the home of Penn State football.

Through its tour, Topgolf is turning some of America’s most famous sports venues into driving ranges. Fans are able to tee up from the stands and aim at targets located on the field. Topgolf uses tracing technology to track the distance, speed, and accuracy of the ball. With targets at different distances, fans of all levels are able to compete through scoring.

Tickets for Topgolf at Beaver Stadium will go on sale Thursday, April 7, following a pre-sale on April 5. Parties of up to six are able to reserve a bay for one-hour reservations. Tickets will be sold exclusively through Ticketmaster .

Here’s a breakdown of the pricing, according to Penn State:

• $40 for Penn State student hours
• $80 for non-peak hours
• $90 for peak hours
• $10 for spectator tickets
• Note: Parking is included in Topgolf Live Stadium Tour pricing.

Golf clubs will be provided for golfers. Outside clubs will be prohibited for safety reasons, Topgolf says. Additional safety measures include disinfecting golf clubs, tables and bays, washing balls, and hand sanitizers being placed throughout the venue.

The Topgolf Live Stadium Tour has already visited Fenway Park, Heinz Field, Soldier Field, and many more venues. This summer, it will add Dodger Stadium, T-Mobile Park, and, of course, Beaver Stadium to that list.

Back in November, a newly formed Centre County-based sports and entertainment commission noted Topgolf as a possible option at Penn State. Topgolf’s arrival at Beaver Stadium will mark the first product of that new partnership between the Happy Valley Adventure Bureau and Penn State.

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