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Stadium nicer now than anytime since 98 by gregmorrissey

I get what you're saying about getting top dollar and alienating long-time season ticket holders and fans with huge price increases. In my opinion, that's more a sign of our MBA-analytics times than it is Notre Dame. Everyone feels the need to squeeze the last penny out of every customer experience.

But the Crossroads project was as good as you're going to get. The 98 expansion bastardized the stadium and made it hideous. Crossroads was a multi-functional expansion that will be used in the fall whether there are football games or not.