Notre Dame-Miami game brings record breaking foot traffic to SBN

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The South Bend International Airport received a record-breaking attendance for the highly anticipated Notre Dame-Miami match up and helped local businesses in the economic impact.

The weekend brought about 130,000 to 150,000 people into South Bend where local businesses like Osteria Amici were working non-stop.

"So, we did about 1,300 people on Friday and a little over 1,000 people on Saturday," said Matthew Stoura, the Vice President of Navarre Hospitality.

Fans flew in as early as Wednesday and the days leading up to the game only meant foot traffic kept rising.

"Just on Friday and Saturday alone, we served nearly 1,000 pizzas. That requires our dough specifically, a three-day fermentation process," said Stoura.

Local restaurants weren't the only ones working non-stop as the security check said 3,491 people passed through TSA.