Notre Dame Gives Fans a First Look Inside New State of the Art Football Facilities

Notre Dame gave fans a clean first look inside the new Jack and Kathy Shields Family Hall, the program’s 150,000-square-foot football facility that will serve as its operational home beginning with the 2026 season. The drone tour is mostly visual, but the biggest takeaway is simple: this is a major expansion of the program’s day-to-day footprint, with the school saying the building increases Notre Dame football’s space by 50 percent.

A Full-Scope Football Facility

The video leans into how comprehensive the building is, not just how it looks. Along with training and sports medicine space, Notre Dame highlights player nutrition, academics, content creation, team operations, and a two-level auditorium, as well as features like an augmented reality walkthrough room and in-house recording and photo studios. For Notre Dame fans, that is the point. This is the kind of all-in facility upgrade that touches recruiting, player development, recovery, and the everyday routine of the roster.

What Notre Dame Highlighted in the Tour

• Shields Family Hall is located on Courtney Lane on the east side of campus.
• Notre Dame says the facility works in tandem with the Guglielmino Athletics Complex.
• Featured spaces include the Patrick Kramer Dining Room, expanded locker rooms, a stand-alone sports medicine facility, and a new player nutrition area.
• The equipment area includes body-scanning and fabrication technology.
• The drone tour is paired with program audio and highlights, including clips referencing Notre Dame stars such as Zack Martin, Ronnie Stanley, Quenton Nelson, Mike McGlinchey, and Kyle Hamilton.