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10 posts tagged "gameday"

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University to begin using metal detectors at all reserved-ticket events

Observer Staff Report | Thursday, April 11, 2019

Metal detectors will be used at all reserve-ticketed events at Notre Dame beginning this fall, the University announced in a press release Thursday. The decision comes following recent efforts to enhance security at campus events, including enacting a clear-bag policy at all home football games. The policy will primarily affect major sporting events on campus including

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Big game this weekend

Andrew Rebholz | Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Truly, this Saturday could be the game day to end all game days. As a senior, I was stoked to see my Irish stand up against those Wolverines and come out victorious — I’d call that the highlight of my college football experience, even after last year’s smashing of Southern Cal. However, I do think

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Office manages game day logistics

Tom Naatz | Friday, September 7, 2018

In a given semester, Notre Dame’s campus consists of about 8,600 undergraduate students. Nevertheless, on six Saturdays throughout the fall semester, many thousands more fans descend on campus for Notre Dame home football games. Mike Seamon, the University’s vice president or campus safety and event management, estimated that about 100,000-120,000 come to Notre Dame on

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ESPN College GameDay visits Notre Dame ahead of Michigan matchup

Tom Naatz | Friday, August 31, 2018

While every Notre Dame home game represents a large event, this weekend’s season opener against the University of Michigan will feature a rare visit from ESPN’s College GameDay, the ESPN program that visits the site of each weekend’s biggest matchup. It will be College GameDay’s first visit to Notre Dame since the fall of 2012.

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Overpriced student tickets

Letter to the Editor | Thursday, November 30, 2017

There has been a recent outcry at Notre Dame about a lack of attendance and spirit within the student section at football games. According to CBS Sports, this problem is also apparent at many other football schools. For example, for the 2016 football season, Missouri, Stanford, Maryland and USC all noted a decrease in attendance

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NDSP ensures safety of students, fans during football gamedays

Natalie Weber | Friday, September 8, 2017

Approximately 80,000 people will enter Notre Dame Stadium to watch the Irish take on the Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday. Campus safety staff will be working hard to ensure the safety of each and every guest, chief of Notre Dame Security Police (NDSP) Keri Kei Shibata said. “Our goal is really to have a pervasive culture of

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Gold Gang adds to game day experience

Selena Ponio | Friday, September 18, 2015

On home game Saturdays, 11 students hide behind mysterious personas and gold spandex, roaming campus to greet Notre Dame fans who seek the perfect photo opportunity. These 11 men make up the Gold Gang, a group currently in its second year on campus. For every home game, they go out in their morph suits to add a memorable element to

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Echoes won’t wake unless it gets loud

Letter to the Editor | Monday, September 14, 2015

What is the worst part of being a lunatic Notre Dame football fan? Well, the stadium experience, of course. It sucks. Everybody knows it. It isn’t hard to look around the national landscape and find oneself drooling with envy when watching the madness of a night game at Death Valley, a rowdy afternoon at the

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Alumni Association, CSC sponsor game day AA meetings

Rachel O'Grady | Friday, September 4, 2015

Amidst the seemingly countless activities and programs of a home football weekend, the Alumni Association and the Center for Social Concerns (CSC) have teamed up to create a safe meeting space for recovering alcoholics on football weekends. “We all know that there are many among us who suffer from alcoholism or problems with alcohol,” Bill

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Weather causes game-weekend cancellations

Lesley Stevenson | Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Football activities and gameday staff encountered unusual challenges last weekend after “unprecedented” amounts of snow and harsh winds overtook campus, according to Mike Seamon, associate vice president for campus safety. “The snow and the cold played big factors in the weekend’s activities around the game,” Seamon said. “To everyone’s knowledge, we cannot remember a time

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