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Beaver Stadium renovation update: New photos show construction progress with temp seats, broadcast booths, as opener nears

Greg Pickelby: Greg Pickel07/24/25GregPickel
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Construction work continues at Beaver Stadium on July 24 ahead of the Lions' season opener with Nevada on Aug. 30. (Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics)

It’s July 24, which means Penn State football sits 37 days from welcoming fans back to Beaver Stadium for the first time since December. The 107,000-seat stadium looks familiar in some ways today and much different in others as a $700 million renovation project kicked off in January when the press box structure fell on the west side of the stadium. Since, construction crews have worked 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 courtesy of Penn State Athletics show that progress has certainly been made since Blue-White Illustrated last posted updated images from outside of the building earlier this month. The temporary bleachers are similar to those that go in for the PGA’s Waste Management Open annually. The temporary broadcasts booth look exactly how you might expect them to. You can see the latest photos below.

Penn State provided Beaver Stadium construction photos: July 24

Construction work continues at Beaver Stadium on July 24 ahead of the Penn State season opener with Nevada on Aug. 30. (Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics)
Construction work continues at Beaver Stadium on July 24 ahead of the Penn State season opener with Nevada on Aug. 30. (Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics)
Construction work continues at Beaver Stadium on July 24 ahead of the Lions' season opener with Nevada on Aug. 30. (Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics)
Construction work continues at Beaver Stadium on July 24 ahead of the Lions' season opener with Nevada on Aug. 30. (Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics)
Construction work continues at Beaver Stadium on July 24 ahead of the Lions’ season opener with Nevada on Aug. 30. (Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics)
Construction work continues at Beaver Stadium on July 24 ahead of the Penn State season opener with Nevada on Aug. 30. (Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics)
Construction work continues at Beaver Stadium on July 24 ahead of the Penn State season opener with Nevada on Aug. 30. (Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics)
Construction work continues at Beaver Stadium on July 24 ahead of the Penn State season opener with Nevada on Aug. 30. (Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics)
Construction work continues at Beaver Stadium on July 24 ahead of the Penn State season opener with Nevada on Aug. 30. (Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics)
Construction work continues at Beaver Stadium on July 24 ahead of the Lions' season opener with Nevada on Aug. 30. (Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics)
Construction work continues at Beaver Stadium on July 24 ahead of the Lions’ season opener with Nevada on Aug. 30. (Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics)
Construction work continues at Beaver Stadium on July 24 ahead of the Lions' season opener with Nevada on Aug. 30. (Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics)
Construction work continues at Beaver Stadium on July 24 ahead of the Lions’ season opener with Nevada on Aug.
30. (Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics)

What has Beaver Stadium looked like over the course of the last six months?

We have a compilation below of images taken at various points between January and July 18. Penn State fans can see them below:

(Photo courtesy of PSU Athletics via Facebook)
(Photo courtesy of PSU Athletics via Facebook on July 18))
(Photo courtesy of PSU Athletics via Facebook)
(Courtesy of PSU Athletics via Facebook on July 18))
(Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics via Facebook)
(Photo courtesy of PSU Athletics via Facebook on July 18))
(Photo courtesy of Penn State Athletics via Facebook)
(Photo courtesy of PSU Athletics via Facebook on July 18))
Construction continues at Beaver Stadium in this photo from mid-July. (Pickel/BWI)
Construction continues at Beaver Stadium in this photo from mid-July. (Pickel/BWI)
Construction continues at Beaver Stadium in this photo from mid-July. (Pickel/BWI)
Construction continues at Beaver Stadium in this photo from mid-July. (Pickel/BWI)
A mid-July look at the ongoing construction at Beaver Stadium. (Pickel/BWI)
A mid-July look at the ongoing construction at Beaver Stadium. (Pickel/BWI)
Temporary stairs will take fans to the concourse level at Beaver Stadium. (Pickel/BWI)
Temporary stairs will take fans to the concourse level at Beaver Stadium. (Pickel/BWI)
A look at the ongoing construction at Penn State's Beaver Stadium in mid-July. (Pickel/BWI)
A look at the ongoing construction at Penn State’s Beaver Stadium in mid-July. (Pickel/BWI)
Penn State Beaver Stadium Renovation (Photo credit: Nate Bauer/BWI)
Beaver Stadium renovation at the Blue-White Game in April. (File photo credit: Nate Bauer/BWI)
Beaver Stadium before the 2025 Blue-White game. (Pickel/BWI)
Beaver Stadium before the 2025 Blue-White game. (Pickel/BWI)
Beaver Stadium during the winter. (Screenshot courtesy of Penn State Athletics via YouTube)
Penn State University began the first major part of its renovations for Beaver Stadium on Jan 4 with the demolition of the press box. Approximately 102 charges were used to bring down the structure. (Photo: Thomas Frank Carr/BWI)
Penn State University began the first major part of its renovations for Beaver Stadium on Jan 4 with the demolition of the press box. Approximately 102 charges were used to bring down the structure. (Photo: Thomas Frank Carr/BWI)

Gearing up for game day

All signs continue to point to the project reaching the finish line it needs to for the Lions to host the Wolfpack in a little more than a month.

“As I enter my 12th year at Penn State, it remains a tremendous honor to lead this program and this remarkable fan base,” Lions coach James Franklin said Wednesday at Big Ten Media Days. “Beaver Stadium will look a little bit different. 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.”