The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are not alone in confronting a problem with attendance in recent years - the sport overall has seen declining live attendance for years now, a trend that predates the COVID-19 pandemic. While Notre Dame remains an attractive bucket-list destination for college football fans, it does seem to have some trouble motivating its own fans to show consistently. Notable episodes include the 2021 home opener - in which the first Irish home game to be open to the public in two years was short about 20,000 seats - and multiple instances of opposing fan bases, usually clad in red, effectively taking over the stadium.
Notre Dame Football: Attacking the Attendance Problem
