PSU Football will add changes to its parking in grass lots.

Posted: Apr 16, 2019 / 04:45 PM EDT

Updated: Apr 16, 2019 / 04:45 PM EDT

STATE COLLEGE, CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics has announced an update to its 2019 football traffic parking as well as improvement plans to several grass parking lots near Beaver Stadium.

Following every home game, fans who park in lots 14018 will be required to exit via Park Avenue westbound toward Atherton Street during the one-way traffic pattern. This typically lasts about 60 to 90 minutes after the game concludes. Once that pattern ends, fans in all lots will be able to leave the Beaver Stadium vicinity via any route.

Prior to the August 31 season opener, Penn State Athletics will begin restoring upgrades to several grass parking lots controlled by Intercollegiate Athletics that will improve the parkability if grass lots become saturated. In other lots, gravel drive aisles will be installed to also improve the parkability. The vast majority, if not all of the improvements, are expected to be completed for the 2019 season.

More than 3,900 grass parking spaces, including Lot 43 (former Blue RV), will be positively impacted by the improvements for the upcoming and future seasons.

The improvements include:

The restoration of Lot 17 (former Green Stadium North) has already included the installation of drain tiles, that enabled the lot to remain open last season when other grass lots were forced to be closed due to wet conditions. Restoration has been completed in the grass area of Lot 17 adjacent to Stadium West Drive.
Penn State Athletics will also be investing in a drive aisle reinforcement product in two lots to reduce the amount of rutting that occurs in the drive aisles. The reinforcement product will be placed in Lot 17 near the Pennsylvania State University sign and in the grass areas of Lot 18 (former Green Stadium West)
Gravel drive aisles are being installed in sections of two lots to reduce rutting during wet conditions. The lots are 31 (former Purple) and 43 (former Blue RV). Penn State Athletics has submitted construction documents for review and permitting in order to make these upgrades.

For more information about the one-way traffic patterns, you can visit Penn State’s website by clicking here.