What is Notre Dame Stadium?
{{Infobox stadium | stadium_name = Notre Dame Stadium | nickname = ''The House That Rockne Built'' | image = [[Image:TDJesus.jpg|250px]] | location = [[Notre Dame, Indiana]] | coordinates = {{coord|41|41|54|N|86|14|2|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=it}} | broke_ground = 1930 | opened = 1930 | owner = [[University of Notre Dame]] | operator = University of Notre Dame | surface = [[FieldTurf]] | construction_cost = [[United States dollar|$]]750,000 | architect = | former_names = | tenants = [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame Fighting Irish]] ([[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]])<br>(1930-present) | acreage = | seating_capacity = 80,795<br>59,075 ([[1996 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|1996]]) }} '''Notre Dame Stadium''' is the home [[college football|football]] [[stadium]] for the [[University of Notre Dame]]. The university's football team are the [[Fighting Irish football|Fighting Irish]]. The stadium is located on the university's campus in [[Notre Dame, Indiana|Notre Dame]], [[Indiana]], just north of the city of [[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]]. It was opened in 1930. The stadium can [[seating capacity|seat]] over 80,000 people. ==History== The stadium opened in 1930. It replaced the old stadium [[Cartier Field]]. It cost more than US$750,000 to build. The head coach of the Fighting Irish, [[Knute Rockne]], played an important role in the design of the stadium. The design was based on [[Michigan Stadium]]. The stadium originally held 54,000 people. It measured a half-mile (0.8&nbsp;kilometres) in [[circumference]] and stood {{convert|45|ft}} high. It was built by the Sollitt Construction Company of South Bend. They began building in April 1930, and took six months to build.<ref>Notre Dame archives</ref><ref>Being Catholic, Being American The Notre Dame Story, 1842-1934, Robert E Burns, University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame Indiana, 1999</ref> The Irish