We’re just 50 days away from the start of Nebraska’s 2022 college football season. The Huskers will travel across the Atlantic to take on the Northwestern Wildcats in Dublin, Ireland, for the Aer Lingus Classic. According to game organizers in Dublin, about 30,000 tickets have been sold to this point. Nebraska fans have purchased almost 9,000 tickets, while Northwestern supporters have purchased around 3,000. The game committee believes that the stadium should be about 75% filled for the game.
Aviva Stadium is the host of this year’s overseas Big Ten clash. The stadium officially opened in 2010 and cost approximately 410 million euros. The facility’s capacity is 51,700, but for American football, it holds 49,000. It’s also the home of the Ireland National Football (soccer) Team and the Irish Rugby Union Team. This will be the third American Football game played in Aviva Stadium. In 2012 the Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeated the Navy Midshipman, and in 2016 Georgia Tech beat Boston College 17-14. (Yikes!) This won’t be the last game either, as, in 2023, the Fighting Irish and Midshipmen will once again play on the Emerald Isle.