Game Day changes at Beaver Stadium

TiogaLion

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Oct 31, 2021
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Several changes including:

Fan Assistance Shuttle Service
Family Friendly Gates
Lap Ticket Policy Created for Children Under 2
Kids Zone and Happy Valley Alley Added at Gate D Entrance

Mobile Locker Company to Provide Storage Options for Fans' Belongings
Legacy Plaza Added to South Side of Beaver Stadium
New In-Game Announcers and Entertainment
Lactation Pods Available
Sensory Room Created
Beaver Stadium Block Party is Back in 2023
+Several other changes - see link below


Oh, several food additions:

New Concessions Offerings Coming to Beaver Stadium
  • Beaver Stadium will offer nine new concessions offerings this season spread throughout 13 locations.
  • The following new concessions will be offered in select locations throughout the stadium:
    • Caliente Pizza – two locations – east and northwest concourse
    • Wing Kitchen – two locations - west and northeast concourse
    • Chickie and Pete's – two locations – west and northeast concourse
    • We Are Inn – two locations – south and northwest concourse
    • Doan's Bones – southeast concourse
    • Adam and Nancy's Paninis – northeast concourse
    • Scott's Roasting – north concourse
    • Philly Pretzel – southwest concourse
    • Gluten Free Stand – southwest concourse
 

bbrown

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Several changes including:

Fan Assistance Shuttle Service
Family Friendly Gates
Lap Ticket Policy Created for Children Under 2
Kids Zone and Happy Valley Alley Added at Gate D Entrance

Mobile Locker Company to Provide Storage Options for Fans' Belongings
Legacy Plaza Added to South Side of Beaver Stadium
New In-Game Announcers and Entertainment
Lactation Pods Available
Sensory Room Created
Beaver Stadium Block Party is Back in 2023
+Several other changes - see link below


Oh, several food additions:

New Concessions Offerings Coming to Beaver Stadium
  • Beaver Stadium will offer nine new concessions offerings this season spread throughout 13 locations.
  • The following new concessions will be offered in select locations throughout the stadium:
    • Caliente Pizza – two locations – east and northwest concourse
    • Wing Kitchen – two locations - west and northeast concourse
    • Chickie and Pete's – two locations – west and northeast concourse
    • We Are Inn – two locations – south and northwest concourse
    • Doan's Bones – southeast concourse
    • Adam and Nancy's Paninis – northeast concourse
    • Scott's Roasting – north concourse
    • Philly Pretzel – southwest concourse
    • Gluten Free Stand – southwest concourse
I like some of the changes but why would they make Gate D the kid zone but have the family friendly gate(s) located elsewhere.
And did they add a lot of area around Gate D? because there's not much space there.
 

NittPicker

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I like some of the changes but why would they make Gate D the kid zone but have the family friendly gate(s) located elsewhere.
And did they add a lot of area around Gate D? because there's not much space there.
That's what I was thinking too. I enter through Gate D and it's relatively narrow walking around the outside. My guess is they reorganized and maximized the inside space. There is actually a lot of room there but it wasn't being used as efficiently as it could have been.
 

bbrown

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Jul 26, 2001
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That's what I was thinking too. I enter through Gate D and it's relatively narrow walking around the outside. My guess is they reorganized and maximized the inside space. There is actually a lot of room there but it wasn't being used as efficiently as it could have been.
Good point about the inside, there is a good bit of room there but like you said that's my Gate as well and it can get pretty crowded before game time.
 

Meat Lab

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Several changes including:

Fan Assistance Shuttle Service
Family Friendly Gates
Lap Ticket Policy Created for Children Under 2
Kids Zone and Happy Valley Alley Added at Gate D Entrance

Mobile Locker Company to Provide Storage Options for Fans' Belongings
Legacy Plaza Added to South Side of Beaver Stadium
New In-Game Announcers and Entertainment
Lactation Pods Available
Sensory Room Created
Beaver Stadium Block Party is Back in 2023
+Several other changes - see link below


Oh, several food additions:

New Concessions Offerings Coming to Beaver Stadium
  • Beaver Stadium will offer nine new concessions offerings this season spread throughout 13 locations.
  • The following new concessions will be offered in select locations throughout the stadium:
    • Caliente Pizza – two locations – east and northwest concourse
    • Wing Kitchen – two locations - west and northeast concourse
    • Chickie and Pete's – two locations – west and northeast concourse
    • We Are Inn – two locations – south and northwest concourse
    • Doan's Bones – southeast concourse
    • Adam and Nancy's Paninis – northeast concourse
    • Scott's Roasting – north concourse
    • Philly Pretzel – southwest concourse
    • Gluten Free Stand – southwest concourse
Lactation Pod??
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BobPSU92

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Aug 22, 2001
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Several changes including:

Fan Assistance Shuttle Service
Family Friendly Gates
Lap Ticket Policy Created for Children Under 2
Kids Zone and Happy Valley Alley Added at Gate D Entrance

Mobile Locker Company to Provide Storage Options for Fans' Belongings
Legacy Plaza Added to South Side of Beaver Stadium
New In-Game Announcers and Entertainment
Lactation Pods Available
Sensory Room Created
Beaver Stadium Block Party is Back in 2023
+Several other changes - see link below


Oh, several food additions:

New Concessions Offerings Coming to Beaver Stadium
  • Beaver Stadium will offer nine new concessions offerings this season spread throughout 13 locations.
  • The following new concessions will be offered in select locations throughout the stadium:
    • Caliente Pizza – two locations – east and northwest concourse
    • Wing Kitchen – two locations - west and northeast concourse
    • Chickie and Pete's – two locations – west and northeast concourse
    • We Are Inn – two locations – south and northwest concourse
    • Doan's Bones – southeast concourse
    • Adam and Nancy's Paninis – northeast concourse
    • Scott's Roasting – north concourse
    • Philly Pretzel – southwest concourse
    • Gluten Free Stand – southwest concourse

Scott’s Roasting. 🤔
 

PSUJam

Heisman
Oct 7, 2021
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Several changes including:

Fan Assistance Shuttle Service
Family Friendly Gates
Lap Ticket Policy Created for Children Under 2
Kids Zone and Happy Valley Alley Added at Gate D Entrance

Mobile Locker Company to Provide Storage Options for Fans' Belongings
Legacy Plaza Added to South Side of Beaver Stadium
New In-Game Announcers and Entertainment
Lactation Pods Available
Sensory Room Created
Beaver Stadium Block Party is Back in 2023
+Several other changes - see link below


Oh, several food additions:

New Concessions Offerings Coming to Beaver Stadium
  • Beaver Stadium will offer nine new concessions offerings this season spread throughout 13 locations.
  • The following new concessions will be offered in select locations throughout the stadium:
    • Caliente Pizza – two locations – east and northwest concourse
    • Wing Kitchen – two locations - west and northeast concourse
    • Chickie and Pete's – two locations – west and northeast concourse
    • We Are Inn – two locations – south and northwest concourse
    • Doan's Bones – southeast concourse
    • Adam and Nancy's Paninis – northeast concourse
    • Scott's Roasting – north concourse
    • Philly Pretzel – southwest concourse
    • Gluten Free Stand – southwest concourse
Good to see the Gluten free stand. Traveling and events have become a PIA since my daughter was diagnosed.
 

Bkmtnittany1

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Fans are allowed to do a shot of JD anytime they hear: 1) Make some noise 2) First down Penn State 3) Fourth Down!
 
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Zenophile

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Several changes including:​

Fan Assistance Shuttle Service
Family Friendly Gates
Lap Ticket Policy Created for Children Under 2
Kids Zone and Happy Valley Alley Added at Gate D Entrance
Mobile Locker Company to Provide Storage Options for Fans' Belongings
Legacy Plaza Added to South Side of Beaver Stadium
New In-Game Announcers and Entertainment
Lactation Pods Available
Sensory Room Created
Beaver Stadium Block Party is Back in 2023
+Several other changes - see link below


Oh, several food additions:

New Concessions Offerings Coming to Beaver Stadium
  • Beaver Stadium will offer nine new concessions offerings this season spread throughout 13 locations.
  • The following new concessions will be offered in select locations throughout the stadium:
    • Caliente Pizza – two locations – east and northwest concourse
    • Wing Kitchen – two locations - west and northeast concourse
    • Chickie and Pete's – two locations – west and northeast concourse
    • We Are Inn – two locations – south and northwest concourse
    • Doan's Bones – southeast concourse
    • Adam and Nancy's Paninis – northeast concourse
    • Scott's Roasting – north concourse
    • Philly Pretzel – southwest concourse
    • Gluten Free Stand – southwest concourse
Some fantastic changes here (at least on paper). Especially the Legacy Plaza.

Another step towards rectifying the issues with our legendary history without drawing undue television attention might be to rename the street and numerical divisions in such a way that the Stadium address would be:

409 Paterno Way
University Park, PA 16802
 

TiogaLion

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Some fantastic changes here (at least on paper). Especially the Legacy Plaza.

Another step towards rectifying the issues with our legendary history without drawing undue television attention might be to rename the street and numerical divisions in such a way that the Stadium address would be:

409 Paterno Way
University Park, PA 16802
Will there be a single mention of Joe in the Legacy Plaza? Based on the description at the link it appears Joe will NOT be part of the "rich history of Penn State Football". If this is true I hope they don't sell a single brick
 

GrimReaper

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Paninis, baby!

 

TheBigUglies

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Good to see the Gluten free stand. Traveling and events have become a PIA since my daughter was diagnosed.
Welcome to my world. All my family except for better half. It is genetic. Hopefully they updated the Gluten Free stand. It has been under the south stand for a couple of years but the food was not good. Buns are dry and fall apart, there was not much selection so hopefully they upgrade it somehow. Scott's Roasting does a good job with GF and the pork nachos are very good. Also, my kids would always get the nachos from PSU concession stands because the nachos are GF. They would get violently ill(vomit) within 30 mins of directly eating something not GF and it never happened with the nachos.
 
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CvilleElksCoach

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Several changes including:

Fan Assistance Shuttle Service
Family Friendly Gates
Lap Ticket Policy Created for Children Under 2
Kids Zone and Happy Valley Alley Added at Gate D Entrance

Mobile Locker Company to Provide Storage Options for Fans' Belongings
Legacy Plaza Added to South Side of Beaver Stadium
New In-Game Announcers and Entertainment
Lactation Pods Available
Sensory Room Created
Beaver Stadium Block Party is Back in 2023
+Several other changes - see link below


Oh, several food additions:

New Concessions Offerings Coming to Beaver Stadium
  • Beaver Stadium will offer nine new concessions offerings this season spread throughout 13 locations.
  • The following new concessions will be offered in select locations throughout the stadium:
    • Caliente Pizza – two locations – east and northwest concourse
    • Wing Kitchen – two locations - west and northeast concourse
    • Chickie and Pete's – two locations – west and northeast concourse
    • We Are Inn – two locations – south and northwest concourse
    • Doan's Bones – southeast concourse
    • Adam and Nancy's Paninis – northeast concourse
    • Scott's Roasting – north concourse
    • Philly Pretzel – southwest concourse
    • Gluten Free Stand – southwest concourse
Several changes including:

Fan Assistance Shuttle Service
Family Friendly Gates
Lap Ticket Policy Created for Children Under 2
Kids Zone and Happy Valley Alley Added at Gate D Entrance

Mobile Locker Company to Provide Storage Options for Fans' Belongings
Legacy Plaza Added to South Side of Beaver Stadium
New In-Game Announcers and Entertainment
Lactation Pods Available
Sensory Room Created
Beaver Stadium Block Party is Back in 2023
+Several other changes - see link below


Oh, several food additions:

New Concessions Offerings Coming to Beaver Stadium
  • Beaver Stadium will offer nine new concessions offerings this season spread throughout 13 locations.
  • The following new concessions will be offered in select locations throughout the stadium:
    • Caliente Pizza – two locations – east and northwest concourse
    • Wing Kitchen – two locations - west and northeast concourse
    • Chickie and Pete's – two locations – west and northeast concourse
    • We Are Inn – two locations – south and northwest concourse
    • Doan's Bones – southeast concourse
    • Adam and Nancy's Paninis – northeast concourse
    • Scott's Roasting – north concourse
    • Philly Pretzel – southwest concourse
    • Gluten Free Stand – southwest concourse
Maybe they can add this food stand we saw at the Grange Fair this week.
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1995PSUGrad

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Welcome to my world. All my family except for better half. It is genetic. Hopefully they updated the Gluten Free stand. It has been under the south stand for a couple of years but the food was not good. Buns are dry and fall apart, there was not much selection so hopefully they upgrade it somehow. Scott's Roasting does a good job with GF and the pork nachos are very good. Also, my kids would always get the nachos from PSU concession stands because the nachos are GF. They would get violently ill(vomit) within 30 mins of directly eating something not GF and it never happened with the nachos.
My teenager daughter was recently (within the past two years) diagnosed as allergic to dairy (not lactose intolerant but allergic), eggs, and she can't eat gluten (and a few other things like cinnamon, strawberries, and cucumbers). It takes some work to go out to eat. We usually do our research on the menu's ahead of time unless it's someplace we are familiar with.
 

JWB389

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Welcome to my world. All my family except for better half. It is genetic. Hopefully they updated the Gluten Free stand. It has been under the south stand for a couple of years but the food was not good. Buns are dry and fall apart, there was not much selection so hopefully they upgrade it somehow. Scott's Roasting does a good job with GF and the pork nachos are very good. Also, my kids would always get the nachos from PSU concession stands because the nachos are GF. They would get violently ill(vomit) within 30 mins of directly eating something not GF and it never happened with the nachos.
Same here with my wife and daughter. Note the Farm to Stadium stand has good GF options. Wife always gets the pork nachos, but sausage there is also GF.

EDIT: My wife informed me that last year, Farm to Stadium was Scott's Roasting. Now it appears there will be two separate locations? Possibly operated separately.
 
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LionJim

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Same here with my wife and daughter. Note the Farm to Stadium stand has good GF options. Wife always gets the pork nachos, but sausage there is also GF.
Speaking for myself, I have to admit that I had been somewhat oblivious to the needs of our gluten-free friends. Shame on me.
 

JWB389

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Speaking for myself, I have to admit that I had been somewhat oblivious to the needs of our gluten-free friends. Shame on me.
No shame in that. I was clueless about it until about 7 years ago. Now I live it every day and it's normal. We have some recipes where you couldn't tell the difference. My wife is highly educated in GF eating now. It can be a challenge to quickly find good options, but getting a little better all the time. I find most chains have celiac-level options now.

The toughest part was having to watch my kid adjust to it. For example, there is a freakin' party for EVERYTHING in middle school. Pizza, cupcakes, etc. We would essentially supply everything for her to eat for every event.
 
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PSU12046

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Lactation Pod??

Fan Assistance Shuttle Service
Family Friendly Gates
Lap Ticket Policy Created for Children Under 2
Kids Zone and Happy Valley Alley Added at Gate D Entrance

Mobile Locker Company to Provide Storage Options for Fans' Belongings
Legacy Plaza Added to South Side of Beaver Stadium
New In-Game Announcers and Entertainment
Lactation Pods Available
Sensory Room Created
Beaver Stadium Block Party is Back in 2023

The Adult Lap Ticket Policy is next to the Lactation pods
 
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PSU12046

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Fan Assistance Shuttle Service
Family Friendly Gates
Lap Ticket Policy Created for Children Under 2
Kids Zone and Happy Valley Alley Added at Gate D Entrance
Mobile Locker Company to Provide Storage Options for Fans' Belongings
Legacy Plaza Added to South Side of Beaver Stadium
New In-Game Announcers and Entertainment
Lactation Pods Available
Sensory Room Created
Beaver Stadium Block Party is Back in 2023

The Adult Lap Ticket Policy is next to the Lactation pods

Happy Hailee Steinfeld GIF by Pitch Perfect
 

ApexLion

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Fan Assistance Shuttle Service
Family Friendly Gates
Lap Ticket Policy Created for Children Under 2
Kids Zone and Happy Valley Alley Added at Gate D Entrance

Mobile Locker Company to Provide Storage Options for Fans' Belongings
Legacy Plaza Added to South Side of Beaver Stadium
New In-Game Announcers and Entertainment
Lactation Pods Available
Sensory Room Created
Beaver Stadium Block Party is Back in 2023


The Adult Lap Ticket Policy is next to the Lactation pods
The question is ‘do we have enough things providing instant gratification while in the stadium while ahem watching the game?’
 
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Connorpozlee

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One of my favorites, because it happened to me, was the one with the parking garage where they can't find the car.
I lost mine in the Towson town center parking garage and took me almost 30 minutes to find it. 🤦‍♂️ 🤣
That was the episode that completely roped me in! I was watching it from the beginning anyway but that one made it a show I planned my Thursday nights around.
 
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