Notre Dame Tickets
Because the Fighting Irish have a celebrated and famous football program, Noter Dame tickets are not an easy thing to come by. And when you do get the opportunity to purchase them, in most cases, they won’t be cheap. Only students are guaranteed seats to every Noter Dame football game played at home. They can enter a lottery for tickets to away games. Alumni must enter a lottery for Fighting Irish home *and* away games. And even to have the privilege to enter the lottery, the alumni must donate money to the university (the amount is based on years since graduation). Let’s break down how the tickets are allotted.
Noter Dame Tickets Breakdown
Here is how the 80,000+ tickets are distributed (generally speaking) for Noter Dame home games: Students are allotted 11,000 tickets. Faculty and staff receive 7,000. The opposing team gets 5,000. Season tickets account for 6,000 tickets. University allotments (including alumni clubs, parents of students, senior alumni, mini-reunions, campus conferences, old season ticket holders, and downtown convention tie-ins) is 16,000. University internal use (including alumni board, major benefactors, advisory councils, and trustees) are allotted 3,000. And finally, Noter Dame alumni make up the bulk of the tickets at 33,000. Many times, the opposing university will return unused tickets and some tickets will be left over from the University Allotment. These tickets are sold to the general public.
