Progress continues in Happy Valley as kickoff gets closer

UNIVERSITY PARK — It’s July 28, which means the roar of Penn State football is only 33 days away as Beaver Stadium welcomes back fans for the first time since December.
The 107,000-seat stadium looks familiar in some ways today, but it’s much different in others as the $700 million revitalization project kicked off in January when the press box structure fell on the west side of the stadium.
Since then, construction crews have worked tirelessly around the clock to put the infrastructure and foundation in place for temporary seating and broadcast booths.
Those are starting to come together more and more each day as preseason camp approaches.
New photos released by Penn State athletics show that progress has certainly been made since the Blue-White Game. The temporary bleachers are similar to those used for the PGA’s Waste Management Open annually. The temporary broadcast booth looks exactly how you might expect them to.
All signs indicate the project reaching the point it needs to for the Nittany Lions to host Nevada on Aug. 30 for the season opener.
Players and coaches are excited to say the least.
“As I enter my 12th year at Penn State, it remains a tremendous honor to lead this program and this remarkable fan base,” Penn State head coach James Franklin said Wednesday at Big Ten Media Days.
“Beaver Stadium will look a little bit different,” Franklin added. “I think you guys know we’re in the middle of a stadium project that will not be done this year. We’ll have another year we’ll have to get through with that, but we expect Beaver Stadium to be rocking like it always is.”