Notre Dame Stadium is the home football stadium for the University of Notre Dame du Lac Fighting Irish football, one of the most celebrated college football teams in history. The stadium is located on the campus of the University at Notre Dame, Indiana, just north of the city of South Bend, Indiana, USA.

	Capacity		80,795
	Opened		1930
	Owner		University of Notre Dame
	Operator		University of Notre Dame
	Surface		Grass
	Construction cost		US$750,000

The stadium opened its gates in 1930. Total cost of construction was more than US$750,000. The original seating capacity was 54,000. The Irish played their first game in the new stadium on October 4, 1930, beating Southern Methodist University 20-14. The official dedication was on October 11 against Navy. In 1997 21,000 new seats were added to the stadium, bringing the seating capacity to the present 80,795. The stadium is known for its view of “Touchdown Jesus”, a nickname given to a large mural of the resurrected Jesus located on the Hesburgh Library which looms over the stadium mirroring the raised arms of a referee signifying a touchdown. Expanding the stadium has had the side-effect of partially obscuring the view of Touchdown Jesus from the field.

Tickets to a Notre Dame football game are notoriously hard to come by. There have been 187 consecutive sellouts at Notre Dame Stadium, and 235 sellouts in the past 236 games. The only non-sellout game took place on Thanksgiving Day, 1973 against Air Force, possibly because many students were out of town for their extended weekend break.

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