Barbour, who
joined the Penn State Coaches Show Monday night, said Penn State hopes to make sure it can have “as many Penn Staters who want to be in Beaver Stadium” and other on-campus venues, like Rec Hall and Pegula Ice Arena, as possible next fall by emphasizing mask-wearing and social distancing today. She said ongoing vaccine distribution across the country will help those efforts, too.
Ultimately, though, Penn State’s plans will rely on the pandemic’s trends and trajectory over the spring and summer.
“All of our efforts, all of our planning, is to be able to have full venues, and we’re just going to have to monitor the COVID situation and the advice,” Barbour said. “But we’re going to push really hard. We’re going to prepare for venues where every Penn Stater who wants to come, and who has a ticket, has the opportunity to do that.”