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Old Beaver Field | |
Full name | Beaver Field |
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Location | University Park, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates | 40°47′56.4″N 77°51′47.0″W / 40.799000°N 77.863056°W |
Owner | Penn State University |
Operator | Penn State University |
Capacity | 500 |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1891 |
Opened | 1893 |
Closed | 1909 |
Construction cost | $3,000 |
Tenants | |
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Beaver Field (1892–1908), was the first official home to the Penn State football and baseball teams. Retroactively known as "Old Beaver Field", it had a capacity of 500 and stood between present-day Osmond and Frear Laboratories, now the site of a parking lot.