Beaver Field

Beaver Field
Old Beaver Field
Grandstands of Beaver Field.
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Full nameBeaver Field
LocationUniversity Park, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°47′56.4″N 77°51′47.0″W / 40.799000°N 77.863056°W / 40.799000; -77.863056
OwnerPenn State University
OperatorPenn State University
Capacity500
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke ground1891
Opened1893
Closed1909; 115 years ago (1909)
Construction cost$3,000
Tenants

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.