Penn State's Board of Trustees approved a $50 million deal for the naming rights to Beaver Stadium's field. Some trustees wanted the field to be named for Joe Paterno.

A group of Penn State trustees pushed back against a $50 million gift that would name the field at Beaver Stadium because they wanted the opportunity to honor former football coach Joe Paterno.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State’s Board of Trustees approved a $50 million gift for field naming rights at Beaver Stadium in a vote Monday, making the official name the West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium.

McGloin, a Penn State trustee, delivers pointed address regarding Penn State's naming rights agreement for the Beaver Stadium field.

Penn State’s board of trustees has approved a new name for the field at Beaver Stadium by a 22-8 vote. The field will be known as West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium for the next 15 years, with West Shore Home donating $50 million over that time period.

Echoes of Shane McMahon’s Here Comes the Money rang through Central Pennsylvania on Monday when Penn State announced a $50 million deal to rename Beaver Stadium’s field, West Shore Home Field. Beaver Stadium Has a New Name West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium has a certain ring to it that is eerily reminiscent to