Irish fans - mark your calendar 11/21/15

[steveringo]

Football will return to Fenway Park for the first time since the Pats played their final game of 1968.

Notre Dame vs. Boston College

Boston College will play Notre Dame in first football game at Fenway Park in 47 years in 2015 - Extra Bases - Red Sox blog

 

[WhiteMamba]

very nice. That is awesome.

 

[WhiteMamba]

I believe by then Steve Adazzio will have BC back to a very good football team.

Will be a great game for CFB fans. Especially if both are playing their brand of football at the highest level possible.

I can picture it now, will be very fun as a tv viewer.

 

[Runeman]

That's great...some of the old BC/iRISH games were great....and in Fenway...what's not to like?

 

[WhiteMamba]

Southies are going to party like its the end of the world.

Wish I could be there.

Will be epic.

 

[theboardref]

Terrible idea is terrible. Here is a crazy thought, lets play baseball games on baseball fields and football games on football fields. Did we not learn the lesson about playing in baseball stadiums after playing on 1 half of a field in the bowl game?

 

[BamaTee1]

Sorry but a great park for BASEBALL. I don't see any history by playing a football game but a marketing gimmick.

 

[mrwallace2ku]

Boston will pack that "storied building" to the gills, GREAT idea by BC to select THAT venue for this game.

 

[occupant]

 

[Wild Turkey]

Boston will pack that "storied building" to the gills, GREAT idea by BC to select THAT venue for this game.

Stadium holds 37,500 and they are playing ND if they couldn't pack the stadium close down the program.

I get the coolness factor but this is a money loser their home stadium seats 44,500 so unless the networks (or someone else) is ponying up a big check to BC to make this happen its financially irresponsible.

 

[Wild Turkey]

Not to mention with 10K less seats less it will cause issues selling season tickets. If you can't sell the ND game as part of your season ticket package that is going to piss a lot of people off.

 

[NDHoosier101]

Stadium holds 37,500 and they are playing ND if they couldn't pack the stadium close down the program.

I get the coolness factor but this is a money loser their home stadium seats 44,500 so unless the networks (or someone else) is ponying up a big check to BC to make this happen its financially irresponsible.

It's an ND home game.

 

[963BUSC]

Boston will pack that "storied building" to the gills, GREAT idea by BC to select THAT venue for this game.

How many does it hold for a football game? Will "to the gills" reach 40K?

 

[Wild Turkey]

It's an ND home game.

That makes it a worse financial decision then.

 

[NDHoosier101]

That makes it a worse financial decision then.

Well, they're one of the top football teams in revenue, so they must be doing something right.

 

[Wild Turkey]

Well, they're one of the top football teams in revenue, so they must be doing something right.

Like I said someone has to be ponying up for this to happen...if not it makes no sense.

 

[awclayton]

Great venue, but the capacity....ND will fans will swipe 20-25k of those seats at least. Never been to Fenway, maybe I'll use this as a reason to go.