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Notre Dame Football: Five venues the Irish need to play in

By Andrew Hall

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - JANUARY 12: A general view is seen before the Green Bay Packers take on the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Divisional Playoff game at Lambeau Field on January 12, 2020 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images)
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - JANUARY 12: A general view is seen before the Green Bay Packers take on the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Divisional Playoff game at Lambeau Field on January 12, 2020 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images) /
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LONDON, – MAY 23: General view outside Wembley stadium on what should have been FA Cup Final day on May 23, 2020 in London, England. The British government has started easing the lockdown it imposed two months ago to curb the spread of Covid-19, abandoning its ‘stay at home’ slogan in favour of a message to ‘be alert’, but UK countries have varied in their approaches to relaxing quarantine measures. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)
LONDON, – MAY 23: General view outside Wembley stadium on what should have been FA Cup Final day on May 23, 2020 in London, England. The British government has started easing the lockdown it imposed two months ago to curb the spread of Covid-19, abandoning its ‘stay at home’ slogan in favour of a message to ‘be alert’, but UK countries have varied in their approaches to relaxing quarantine measures. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images) /

The NFL has been traveling abroad for a regular season contest annually since 2007. Numerous college football games are played in foreign countries each year.

The NFL has played in London, Mexico City, Winnipeg, Toronto, Tokyo and Vancouver in recent years. The expansion of American football around the globe is imminent. Notre Dame football, perhaps the biggest brand in the college game, is important to the game’s growth.

Any of the possible destinations listed above would offer an incredible travel experience. But, Wembley Stadium seems the most logical. Other various London stadiums, including Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and Twickenham Stadium, hosted NFL games.

Wembley Stadium is the largest of the London venues. It holds 90,000 spectators, the second highest capacity in Europe. Camp Nou in Barcelona is larger with a seating capacity of almost 100,000 people.

Notre Dame has traveled to Ireland twice. London is a relative next-door neighbor to Dublin. In both of the Ireland games (and what would have been a third), the Naval Academy was the opponent. Would they also play the Fighting Irish in the United Kingdom?

Perhaps, Army or Air Force would want to play the Fighting Irish in a foreign country. Penn State, Georgia Tech, UCF, California, Rice, Hawaii and Boston College recently played regular season games abroad. Sydney and Dublin have been common destinations.

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A matchup between the Nittany Lions and Fighting Irish would bring two of the biggest brands in college football together in London. The matchup would draw a lot of attention to college football in Europe.

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