Notre Dame To Face Maryland At FedExField In 2011

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March 8, 2010
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NOTRE DAME, Ind. - Notre Dame and Maryland will face each other on the football field for only the second time in history on Nov. 12, 2011, when the Fighting Irish and Terrapins meet at 91,704-seat FedExField in Landover, Md.
The game will be the third of a series of "off-site" home football games for Notre Dame in which the Irish are taking games that could be played at Notre Dame Stadium and moving them to venues around the country. The first of those was played Oct. 31, 2009, when Notre Dame and Washington State met at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The second will be played Nov. 20, 2010, at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y., between Notre Dame and Army. Notre Dame and Arizona State are slated to meet in 2013 at the Dallas Cowboys' new stadium in Arlington, Texas.
NBC Sports is expected to televise the Notre Dame-Maryland game on a national basis in prime time.
"As we have looked to move one game a season around the country, playing in the Washington, D.C., area seemed a natural for us in terms of institutional fit," said Notre Dame athletics director Jack Swarbrick.
"The size of the FedExField facility alone will provide great access to tickets for fans of both Notre Dame and Maryland - and the opportunity to spend a weekend in our nation's capitol should be a tremendous attraction."
"It is a privilege for FedExField to host of one of the most storied programs in college football history and match it against a university with a strong and successful local following," Washington Redskins chief marketing officer Mitch Gershman said. "This game will be an exciting event for our region as all eyes will be on FedExField."
Notre Dame expects to make tickets available to its contributing alumni and fans through its alumni lottery as it does with all other football games.
Notre Dame's only previous meeting with Maryland came in a 20-0 Irish victory over the 21st-rated Terps on Aug. 31, 2002, at Giants Stadium in the Kickoff Classic. That game marked the first of the Tyrone Willingham era at Notre Dame. <!-- STORY AD BEGINS HERE -->
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[ALA2262]

What happened to the off site home game with Army in Orlando in 2011?

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Cool! I'll be there! Go Irish!

 

[irishmarine]

I'll be living in Maryland cone may of this year so as the date approaches I will be buying tickets and if anyone is planning on attending I will be tailgTing and may have room in the house for some to crash out.

 

[BGIF]

What happened to the off site home game with Army in Orlando in 2011?

Notre Dame out of neutral-site game at Citrus Bowl in 2011



<!-- Module ends: article-header--><!-- Module starts: article-byline (ArticleByline) -->March 08, 2010By Andrea Adelson, Sentinel Staff Writer
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<!-- Module starts: a-body-first-para (ArticleText) -->Notre Dame is no longer going to play a neutral site game at the Florida Citrus Bowl in 2011 and a proposed game for 2014 is up in the air.
The school announced Monday it would be playing Maryland at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., on Nov. 12, 2011, dealing the city of Orlando a serious blow. <!--more-->In 2007, Notre Dame agreed to play neutral-site games at the Citrus Bowl in 2011 and 2014 -- provided stadium renovations were completed. But the economic downturn has put stadium renovations on hold, and Notre Dame looked elsewhere.
The deal to play in Orlando had been made under former athletic director Kevin White and former coach Charlie Weis. New athletic director Jack Swarbrick was hired in 2008, and had some of his own ideas about neutral-site games.
"Obviously there's been some changeover at Notre Dame since the two of us engaged in the neutral-site opportunity," said Steve Hogan, Florida Citrus Spors executive director. "It's completely different leadership with Jack coming in so I can't speak to what this means. We'll be at mutual meetings together over the spring and summer and have an opportunity to spend a little more time on Notre Dame's relationship with Orlando."

John Heisler, Notre Dame senior associate athletic director for media and broadcast relations, said the school was still interested in playing in Orlando in the future. But the 2011 game was sold as opening the newly renovated Citrus Bowl and it became obvious long ago that would not happen.
More appealing was playing the first game at Yankee Stadium and going to the D.C. area. Notre Dame has also builled these events as more than football games, creating a weekend for alumni complete with pep rallies, band concerts and community service opportunities.
"These are ongoing discussions for who to play and where to play," Heisler said. "The Citrus Bowl has got its own set of history in terms of having a place within the landscape of college football. It's not like we have a pecking order of where we're trying to go and what's going to happen."
This decision is the latest blow for an organization that is desperate to bring in neutral-site games and other events to a stadium originally built in 1936 and in dire need of repairs.
"When you realize how many events we could enjoy here, events that could pump hundreds of millions into our economy, the fact we could be missing out on these events is distressing," Hogan said.
Notre Dame began playing one neutral-site game a year last season, when it beat Washington State in San Antonio. This season, it will play Army at Yankee Stadium on Nov. 20, and face Arizona State in 2013 at the Dallas Cowboys new stadium.
Indeed, the dilapidated Citrus Bowl cannot compete with those shiny, modern, new facilities. The FedEx Field capacity is 91,704. The Citrus Bowl capacity is 65,438, increased to 70,000 with temporary end zone bleachers.
Of more recent note, the Citrus Bowl grabbed national headlines when rain and cold weather turned the field into mud for the marquee game at the stadium, the Capital One Bowl between Penn St. and LSU on Jan. 1.
Hogan said the city is moving forward with plans to install artificial turf this summer and make $10 million in repairs, hardly a dent in renovations initially slated to cost $175 million.

 

[HawaiianIrish]

a lil bit of east coast recruiting for sure!!

 

[Steve]

I should be at the Maryland game.

 

[ALA2262]

Notre Dame out of neutral-site game at Citrus Bowl in 2011



<!-- Module ends: article-header--><!-- Module starts: article-byline (ArticleByline) -->March 08, 2010By Andrea Adelson, Sentinel Staff Writer
<!-- Module ends: article-byline-->
<!-- Module starts: a-body-first-para (ArticleText) -->Notre Dame is no longer going to play a neutral site game at the Florida Citrus Bowl in 2011 and a proposed game for 2014 is up in the air.
The school announced Monday it would be playing Maryland at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., on Nov. 12, 2011, dealing the city of Orlando a serious blow. <!--more-->In 2007, Notre Dame agreed to play neutral-site games at the Citrus Bowl in 2011 and 2014 -- provided stadium renovations were completed. But the economic downturn has put stadium renovations on hold, and Notre Dame looked elsewhere.
The deal to play in Orlando had been made under former athletic director Kevin White and former coach Charlie Weis. New athletic director Jack Swarbrick was hired in 2008, and had some of his own ideas about neutral-site games.
"Obviously there's been some changeover at Notre Dame since the two of us engaged in the neutral-site opportunity," said Steve Hogan, Florida Citrus Spors executive director. "It's completely different leadership with Jack coming in so I can't speak to what this means. We'll be at mutual meetings together over the spring and summer and have an opportunity to spend a little more time on Notre Dame's relationship with Orlando."

John Heisler, Notre Dame senior associate athletic director for media and broadcast relations, said the school was still interested in playing in Orlando in the future. But the 2011 game was sold as opening the newly renovated Citrus Bowl and it became obvious long ago that would not happen.
More appealing was playing the first game at Yankee Stadium and going to the D.C. area. Notre Dame has also builled these events as more than football games, creating a weekend for alumni complete with pep rallies, band concerts and community service opportunities.
"These are ongoing discussions for who to play and where to play," Heisler said. "The Citrus Bowl has got its own set of history in terms of having a place within the landscape of college football. It's not like we have a pecking order of where we're trying to go and what's going to happen."
This decision is the latest blow for an organization that is desperate to bring in neutral-site games and other events to a stadium originally built in 1936 and in dire need of repairs.
"When you realize how many events we could enjoy here, events that could pump hundreds of millions into our economy, the fact we could be missing out on these events is distressing," Hogan said.
Notre Dame began playing one neutral-site game a year last season, when it beat Washington State in San Antonio. This season, it will play Army at Yankee Stadium on Nov. 20, and face Arizona State in 2013 at the Dallas Cowboys new stadium.
Indeed, the dilapidated Citrus Bowl cannot compete with those shiny, modern, new facilities. The FedEx Field capacity is 91,704. The Citrus Bowl capacity is 65,438, increased to 70,000 with temporary end zone bleachers.
Of more recent note, the Citrus Bowl grabbed national headlines when rain and cold weather turned the field into mud for the marquee game at the stadium, the Capital One Bowl between Penn St. and LSU on Jan. 1.
Hogan said the city is moving forward with plans to install artificial turf this summer and make $10 million in repairs, hardly a dent in renovations initially slated to cost $175 million.

Thanks! As a resident of Orlando from 2004-2009, I am not surprised at that turn of events. What Orlando needs is for Disney to build a stadium at the Wide World of Sports complex, but I don't ever see that happening.