When Penn State opens the 2025 football season at the work-in-progress $700 million Beaver Stadium next week, crowds of well more than 100,000 should still be the standard. And the new-look, temporary bleachers sitting on the west side of the stadium will be ready and safe, Director of Athletics Pat Kraft said Tuesday

Capacity at West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium this fall will sit at 106,304. The number is 268 below the previous capacity, Kraft said when meeting the media ahead of the start of the academic year on Monday.

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