The Gary stadium is home to a pro independent league team. You can see the stadium when the South Shore rolls thru Gary. It is a big and nice stadium. I was one of a handful of fans at the game I attended. I had driven from South Bend to watch Notre Dame play Northeastern. Playing in Gary told me all I needed to know about Jack's concern for Notre Dame baseball. Jack decided to put in turf DURING the f'n baseball season. What a cluster****. At least there was not a line at the Gary concession stand and bathroom. The Irish lost but the beer was cold and plentiful.

In the JACC it is the Naimoli Club
In the Compton, it is the O'Brien Club (and the past season, the upper deck end section)
In the Stadium it is all the new club and box seating in the press box and the club on the concourse in the south end (under the jumbotron) and in the Monogram club by the ramp under the north end

So the powers that be aren't necessarily against beer and alcohol sales, just not to the masses (maybe a conference rule?). And away football games in pro stadiums have sold alcohol for 40+ years (I can personally attest)

The NCAA allows alcohol sales at title games, too - necessary in Dallas this past season.

The took that decision long ago that they believe it is a legal liability to serve beer at games. This is also why they don't allow fans to leave and return at halftime, etc. like many colleges do.

I see zero chance that is ever going to change at ND. The high rollers get a pass a) because they are high rollers, and b) it is less than 1% of the total audience in and around the stadium, so they believe it is a more controlled environment.

Louisville, Wake Forest, and Syracuse sell beer during football games.