See Penn State’s $25M project that creates ‘the next chapter’ for soccer program
Penn State’s newly renovated Jeffrey Field Soccer Complex is complete, and the university gave a peek at it in social media posts last week.
The $21.3 million project was approved by the board of trustees in 2023 and renovations began in 2024. It included renovations to the stadium and a new soccer operational facility. The soccer complex creates an operational facility for both programs. It was previously in Rec Hall and the teams took a bus over to Jeffrey Field on game days. The new facility will be home for the coaching staffs, locker rooms and meeting rooms.
Everything the student-athletes need training and academic wise will now be more conveniently located with the soccer complex, allowing for more time with their coaches.
“For every alum who built it. For every future Nittany Lion who will raise it higher. This is the next chapter of Penn State Soccer,” Penn State Athletics wrote in a separate post on X with a video of the soccer teams seeing the new facility.
In the video, the athletes are all smiles as they walk through the new facility, with jaws dropping as they see all the different features. Penn State Athletic Director Pat Kraft appears in the video as well.
“I’m really, really proud. I’m so happy you all get to experience this. This is your house. My job is to give you everything you need to be successful. I think it’s the best soccer facility in the country, I believe for the best soccer program, both men and women, in the country,” Kraft says in the video. “It’s all yours.”
Pictures posted by the university show the facility’s exterior and different areas inside, too.
Last February, Penn State celebrated placing the final beam of the soccer complex — after members of both the Penn State men’s and women’s soccer teams signed their names on it, of course. Women’s soccer coach Erica Dambach wrote “for those who came before us” on the beam, recognizing those who laid the groundwork for the current state of Penn State soccer.
“We’ve been imagining this moment for many years since I’ve arrived, and now having a place that we can call home that is state of the art and best in class in the entire country makes us obviously so proud to be part of this program and leading these programs,” Dambach told the CDT at the time.
