LAMBEAU FIELD

The Green Bay Packers of the NFL’s NFC North division play their home games at “The Frozen Tundra” of Lambeau Field, located at 1265 Lombardi Avenue, Green Bay, WI 54307. Lambeau Field has been home to some of the most important and historic games in NFL history including the first NFL Championship game in Green Bay and the famous “Ice Bowl” of December 1967 where the temperatures dipped to 13 degrees below zero. The Green Bay Packers played at East Stadium from 1920-1952 when they moved into the new County Stadium in Milwaukee that would also play host to the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball. The city of Green Bay allowed the team to build a new stadium in 1957. That stadium, City Stadium, only took one year to build and cost $960,000. The opening capacity was around 32,000 but many renovations over the years have increased that to its present-day total of 72,515. In 1965, the Packers changed the name of the stadium to Lambeau Field after the death of Packers founder, E.L. Lambeau. Over the years, Lambeau Field added 167 luxury suites and 6,260 club level seats to give the fans options as to where they want to sit and watch their beloved Packers. Beginning in the 2000 season, the Packers began a huge scale renovation project instead of building a new stadium.

Lambeau Field has so much history, the team and city felt it was better to fix what they had then build something new. The project took 32 months and cost the taxpayers and the team a combined $295 million. The total can be looked at as a huge number for a renovation, but it’s nothing when compared to new stadiums around the league and nation. The renovations included a new fan concourse and atrium and new facilities for the team including a new locker room, new administrative offices, and a new football operations facility. 12,000 seats were also added around the top of the stadium so that more fans could see, hear, and feel the intensity of the Green Bay Packers football team.

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