An old light rack is visible on the ground by the northwest corner of Beaver Stadium, as several different crews work to prepare the stadium for the first football game on Aug. 30. New lighting technology is being employed on the field light standards in the corners of Beaver Stadium and will be installed in the coming weeks. Across the University Park campus, athletic fields are undergoing lighting upgrades as part of the Office of Physical Plant's goal of energy efficiency across the board.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2008

Measuring line lies ready on the turf at Beaver Stadium on Monday, July 28, in advance of the field painting by the stadium grounds crew. The crew includes seven full-time employees, two supervisors and, closer to the football season, around 30 students. These workers are in charge of all atheletic fields on campus, including Beaver Stadium.

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Year Taken: 2008

Beaver Stadium grounds crew members (from left) Stephen Tressler, Paul Curtis, Mark Kresovich and Chris Gawryla lay out the yard measurements across the turf of Beaver Stadium before painting the yard markers.

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Year Taken: 2008

Beaver Stadium grounds crew member Paul Curtis mows the turf of Beaver Stadium as part of the day-to-day maintenance leading up to the season opener of the Nittany Lions' 2008 football season, the Aug. 30 match against Coastal Carolina.

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Year Taken: 2008

As construction and maintenance continues throughout the summer, various stages of work and safety zones have been set up to prevent injuries. Constantly an active work area, the stadium is closed to visitors and the public during this time, although the All-Sports Museum in the Southwest corner remains open.

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Year Taken: 2008

Workers tackle the large task of painting the underside of the seating of Beaver Stadium.

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Year Taken: 2008

Workers affix the mount for the new "ribbonboard," which will display gameday statistics, scores and other information. This new board, which utilizes energy- and maintenance-efficicent LEDs, will be located in the North deck of Beaver Stadium where the old board once was.

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Year Taken: 2008

Paint crews apply light gray paint to the stands of Beavers Stadium along the West sideline. Each summer, a new portion of seating receives eight coats of paint, aimed at keeping the stadium seating a uniform color. The bench seating, made of aluminum, does not need to be painted here, and has been removed during the painting process.

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Year Taken: 2008

A maintenance worker grinds into the metal structure of the underside of Beaver Stadium, as part of widespread, ongoing structural upgrades and construction taking place before the start of the Nittany Lions 2008 football season on Aug. 30.

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Year Taken: 2008

Office of Physical Plant employees Terry Schubert, left, and Bob Bair, right, go over electrical schematics inside the OPP services room in Beaver Stadium before setting out to address electrical maintenance.

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Year Taken: 2008

Visible here are five of the thousand-plus speakers recently installed in and around Beaver Stadium. The speakers, located throughout the complex, can be found along the concourses, concession areas, and in bathrooms and ramps. They are meant to provide gameday audio but also are part of the stadium's emergency communications plan. In the event of such an event, the system would be controlled by emergency management services such as University and State Police, to allow disemination of important information.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2008

Workers attend to the placement of new lighting fixtures in the northwest corner of Beaver Stadium. To accomplish the task, one of only seven 150-foot JLG bucket lifts in the country has been brought to the stadium to aid the lighting installation. To view more photos, visit http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/1762 online.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2008