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'''Beaver Stadium''' is an outdoor [[college football]] [[stadium]] on the campus of [[Pennsylvania State University]] in [[Penn State University Park]]. It has been home to the [[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Penn State Nittany Lions]] of the [[Big Ten Conference]] since [[1960 Penn State Nittany Lions football team|1960]], though some parts of the stadium date back to 1909. It was also the site of university [[Graduation|commencement]]s until 1984.<ref name=stadium>{{cite web |first=Geoff |last=Rushton |url=https://news.psu.edu/story/157346/2011/06/13/beaver-stadium-home-penn-state-football |title=Beaver Stadium: The Home of Penn State Football |website=Penn State News |date=September 12, 2011 |orig-year=June 13, 2011 |access-date=April 22, 2019 }}</ref> The stadium, as well as its [[New Beaver Field|predecessors]], is named after [[James A. Beaver]] (1837–1914), a [[List of governors of Pennsylvania|governor of Pennsylvania]] (1887–91), president of the university's board of trustees,<ref>{{cite news |first=Ron|last=Musselman|title=Why Is It Called Beaver Stadium?|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08260/912571-215.stm|newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|date=September 16, 2008|access-date=September 17, 2008}}</ref> and native of nearby [[Millerstown, Pennsylvania|Millerstown]]. Officially, the stadium is part of the municipality known as [[College Township
Beaver Stadium has an official [[seating capacity]] of 106,572,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gopsusports.com/facilities/beaver-stadium.html|title=Facilities|access-date=January 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126205433/http://www.gopsusports.com/facilities/beaver-stadium.html|archive-date=November 26, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> making it currently the [[List of North American stadiums by capacity|second largest]] stadium in the [[Western Hemisphere]] and the [[List of stadiums by capacity|fourth largest]] in the world. Its natural grass playing field is aligned northwest to southeast at an approximate [[elevation]] of {{convert|1150|ft}} above [[sea level]].
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