Penn State to play IU at FedEx Field in 2010
DC-area Penn Staters are excited! This year, we get the hoops squad in Charlottesville. Next year, football at FedEx and basketball in Blacksburg!
From the Washington Examiner:
For those of you in the Washington D.C. area, this news is especially good for you.
The November 20, 2010 game between Penn State and Indiana will switch locations from Indiana's campus in Bloomington, Indiana to FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland. FedEx Field is home of the NFL's Washington Redskins.
The Herald Times of Bloomington reports that the Redskins approached Indiana about moving their home game to their stadium in exchange for a #3 million payout. The Hoosiers gladly accepted the deal as they annually rank near the bottom of the Big Ten in terms of football money.
“Obviously, it’s very positive for us financially,” Glass said. “When you rank second to the bottom in the conference in money spent per sport, you have to color outside the lines and be open to new ways to generate revenue.”
Indiana generally makes less than $1 million per home game.
- Fred Glass, Indiana Athletic Director via Herald Times
This is good news for Penn State fans as the game will be in a much more Penn State friendly region and most of the 90,000+ seats figure to be filled with fans in blue and white, even though the game will still be considered a "home" game for Indiana. There are a lot of Penn State alumni in the region and this should be a good opportunity for Penn State to come closer to recruits in the area who find it more difficult to make a trip up to Happy Valley.
FedEx Field is about three and a half hours away from Beaver Stadium. Part of the deal to move the game requires Indiana to sell 7,000 tickets, which should not be too much of a problem.
Indiana will make about $2 million more than they would normally make for a home game. They will also scramble to pick up a sixth home game and have reportedly been interested in moving a road game to their stadium with Central Michigan.
Penn State will play in Lincoln Financial Field in 2011 when they pay a visit to Temple.
Thanks to Penn State Talk for the heads up on this tidbit of schedule news.
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..is more thorough than mine, good job.
Blogging about D.C. Baseball since April '04. Penn State alum. Also partial to the Washington Capitals, New York Yankees and Yale football.
Excellent
Now the question is will I be able to get a ticket for less than $150?
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its still FedEx...
outrageous ticket prices are guaranteed. The question is, with the new tailgating restrictions at that place will fans even be able to tailgate? How much will a parking pass cost? and whatever travel time your estimating… add about 3hrs to it..
by RudyWasOffsides on Aug 26, 2009 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Great News!
I’ll be on field for this one….my company supplied the video boards for Fed Ex……along with a bunch more….Hienz, PNC, Lincoln Fin, Citizans……I might have to take a few clients to see the boards that afternoon…..
Easy-
Just build a stadium and put up a ginormous video screen.
Incidentally jbolt- your company didn’t provide the displays at the new Cowboys’ field, did they?
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Aug 26, 2009 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions

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