The Penn State Board of Trustees has a meeting scheduled for Monday morning, and Nittany Sports Now can confirm that the meeting centers around the a naming rights partnership for Beaver Stadium.
The only agenda item is a “Proposed Recommendation from the Facilities and Academic Unit Naming Committee.”
Blue-White Illustrated first reported the news.
Beaver Stadium has been Penn State’s home since 1960 and it’s hard to imagine a world where that isn’t the name of Penn State football’s home.
The building may indeed still be called “Beaver Stadium,” but there just might be a little wrinkle to the name.
This is already a big transition period for Penn State’s home, with PSU being in the middle of a $700 million renovation project. The renovation is slated to be complete before the 2027 football season.
Penn State AD Pat Kraft has said before that he’d be open to changing the name of Beaver Stadium.
In an interview with StateCollege.com last year, Kraft said he would be “open to everything.”
Add Nittany Sports Now as a preferred source in Google! Click here to add us.Last month, Kraft expressed optimism about the project.
“Feel really good about it,” he said. “Fundraising has been awesome. Really excited about that. (The stadium) will have temp seating. Think of Northwestern a little how they built that stadium on the shore. Or (the) Waste Management (Golf Tournament). Those are the people handling it. It’ll look very temporary.”
Kraft said that even with the temporary format, Penn State’s capacity shouldn’t change much, if at all.
He also said there will be a “construction format” but that he doesn’t expect that to create any issues.
“They’ll work throughout the year,” Kraft said.
Kraft said the temporary seating may in fact provide a better view that what the previous West Side of the stadium had.
“Really happy about where it’s going,” Kraft said. “It’s something fans are going to be proud of.”
