The Lions' Pride

Ha! Rittenburg is hilarious (again). The only facilities that can compare to ours is those of tOSU. The fact of the matter is that Nebraska and Michigan are fighting for third place.

They're referring to the Press Box, which we've discussed here before. It's the one significant part of the stadium which is still stuck in the stone ages and requires an upgrade. I think the press box alone dropped PSUs ranking, considering the source.

Ahhh yes... different article from what I read yesterday.

Here's the link to that thread where it was discussed...

Thanks diddy, PSUjosh, and Kennetaw. +1's all around. Diddy, any time frame for the press box? Any idea if they are planning to renovate it any time soon?

We did discuss that before. Two years ago, I was told that a capital campaign was in the works. However, things have obviously changed since then. The scoreboards will happen soon, but re-doing the Box will require some serious cash, and I don't think it's high on the priority list at the moment. It will happen eventually, but probably not for a little while.

The Penn State press box is terrible. PSU knows it. However, they have decided to focus on other areas first. This visting locker room has gotten better, but I know a lot of teams do not really like it.

However, the Big Ten has some of the best facilities in all of college football. Penn State is currently upgrading Holuba Hall and other upgrades will take place over the next few years. PSU, Michigan, OSU and Nebraska all have great set-ups for football.

There were plans to brick the exterior of the stadium as well. They know that would make it look much better. However, that was taken out as well because it was not considered a major need. My understanding is the scoreboards will be next and then the press box. PSU will makes more changes to the non gameday team facilities, but most of the public will not see any of it. Holuba is currently being redone and that is why the Lift for Life is not there this year. They also added the sandpit.

The press box is bad. It has not really been touched in a long time. It almost feels like you are going back in a time machine when you go there - like it is 1985. For big games, it has been known to shake. I know more than a few press members that do not like the facility and always comment on it. PSU does not have to go over the top, but they do need to address it.

Nebraska's are nice. I would say that we should have been tied with Nebraska or in third. We definitely have nicer facilities than Michigan.

OSU may have great facilities. But you talk about a garbage campus and dump of a city. They may have cleaned it up some since when I was living there, but I still can't get over it when people call OSU beautiful.