Area Attractions

The Studebaker National Museum is a state-of-the-art, 55,000-square-foot facility. The Studebaker National Museum has 120 vehicles in the collection. The collection includes the Studebaker Corporation’s “original collection” of 37 vehicles that were given to the City of South Bend in 1966.

The Morris Performing Arts Center, located in the heart of downtown South Bend, Indiana, has the "HOTTEST Tickets in Town" for Pop, Rock, Country, and Christian concerts, as well as national touring Broadway shows and comedians. The Morris is home to both Broadway Theatre League of South Bend, Inc. and South Bend Symphony Orchestra. Southold Dance Theater also performs the beloved holiday classic The Nutcracker at the Morris each December.

As Indiana’s oldest zoo, the Potawatomi Zoo is one of the most important cultural institutions in the Michiana area. The Zoo is home to over 400 animals on 23 acres. More than 200,000 guests visit the Zoo annually – making it the second largest attraction in the area after Notre Dame.

Affiliated with Chicago Cubs, the South Bend Cubs are South Bend’s very own minor league baseball team. Join us this season for more than just baseball, because the Cove is "Where Everyone Comes to Play!"

University Park Mall is a super-regional mall serving the surrounding areas of South Bend, Mishawaka, and Elkhart. Among the 124 stores at University Park Mall, they include Apple, Sephora, J. Crew, as well as many enticing dining options including Bar Louie, Granite City and Flat Top Grill.

The Compton Family Ice Arena anchors the south edge of campus, adjacent to the Joyce Center and west of the Irish track and field facility. The state-of-the-art arena houses two ice rinks and was designed to support the Notre Dame Hockey programs and those in the local community. Experience the ice today!

The University of Notre Dame provides a distinctive voice in higher education that is at once rigorously intellectual, unapologetically moral in orientation, and firmly embracing of a service ethos. The Eck Visitors Center, located on Notre Dame Avenue, offers not only a meeting and resting place for visitors, but also provides an intriguing look at the University's history. Most tours will include visits to the Grotto, Basilica of the Sacred Heart, the Golden Dome, and "Touchdown Jesus." Notre Dame University is home to the Fighting Irish and the heart of South Bend.