Stadium Info
NOTRE DAME STADIUM
“The House That Rockne Built”
LOCATION: Notre Dame, Indiana
CAPACITY: 80,795
CONSECUTIVE GAMES SOLD OUT ENTERING 2009 SEASON: 260
PLAYING SURFACE: Natural Grass
YEAR OPENED: 1930
Original Construction Cost: $750,000
Original Seating Capacity: 54,000
Architect: Ellerbe Becket, Inc., of Kansas City, Mo.
FIRST GAME: October 4, 1930 | Notre Dame 20 - Southern Methodist 14
FIRST NIGHT GAME: September 18, 1982 | Notre Dame 20 - Southern Methodist 14