STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) β How much are history and tradition worth? It’s a question Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour will soon answer about the school’s football stadium.
University officials are seeking options to renovate or replace Beaver Stadium in the next 10 years. Penn State has hired an architecture firm to recommend improvements and funding plans for its 18 athletic facilities, including the world’s third-largest stadium.
Barbour says there’s a recognized need to renovate or build a new stadium.
The complex at the northeast end of Penn State’s campus seats nearly 107,000 fans. It has undergone seven expansions since moving from the other side of campus in 1960. But it remains antiquated, despite additions of luxury boxes and high definition scoreboards.
Barbour says she’d like to see concerts and other sports like hockey in the facility.
She says seven football games a year isn’t the best use of the investment.
