9/2/2023 0 Comments Lambeau field![]() ![]() ![]() Starting in 1995, expansions to Lambeau Field (see below) made it financially realistic for the Packers to play their entire regular season in Green Bay for the first time in over 60 years. In a ceremony before the game, the stadium was dedicated by Vice President Richard Nixon.Īlthough they now had a modern facility in Green Bay, the Packers continued to play two or three regular-season games in Milwaukee. The new City Stadium was officially opened on September 29, 1957, as the Packers beat the Bears 21–17. The nearby outdoor practice fields ( Clarke Hinkle Field and Ray Nitschke Field) and Don Hutson Center are in Ashwaubenon, as was the Packers Hall of Fame until 2003. The site, now bordered on three sides by the village of Ashwaubenon, was selected because it had a natural slope, ideal for creating the bowl shape. At that time, all the other NFL teams were playing either in facilities shared with Major League Baseball teams, or in other pre-existing shared facilities. The new stadium would be the first modern stadium built specifically for an NFL franchise. The original cost in 1957 was $960,000 (paid off in 1978) and its seating capacity was 32,500. In 1956, Green Bay voters responded by approving (70.3%) a bond issue to finance the new stadium. Soon after County Stadium opened, the other NFL owners threatened to force the Packers to move to Milwaukee unless they built a new stadium. They built Milwaukee County Stadium in 1953 in hopes of luring the Packers there full-time. Officials in Milwaukee, 120 miles to the south, where the Packers had played part of their schedule since 1933, knew that City Stadium was less than ideal as an NFL venue. However, by the 1950s, it was considered inadequate for the times. Starting in 1925, the Packers played at 25,000 seat City Stadium, located behind East High School. With a capacity of 80,735, Lambeau is the largest stadium in the state of Wisconsin, surpassing Camp Randall Stadium on the campus of the University of Wisconsin–Madison (80,321). The playing field at the stadium sits at an elevation of 640 feet (195 m) above sea level. It sits on a block bounded by Lombardi Avenue (north) Oneida Street (east) Stadium Drive and Valley View Road (south) and Ridge Road (west). The stadium's street address has been 1265 Lombardi Avenue since 1968, when Highland Avenue was renamed in honor of Vince Lombardi. For that reason, it was also informally known as New City Stadium until 1965, when it was renamed in memory of Packers founder, player, and long-time head coach, Curly Lambeau, who had died earlier in the year. The stadium opened in 1957 as City Stadium, replacing the original City Stadium as the Packers' home field. Lambeau Field is the home stadium of the NFL's Green Bay Packers, located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Kentucky bluegrass reinforced with DD GrassMaster "The Frozen Tundra", "Titletown USA", "The House That Lombardi Built"ġ265 Lombardi Avenue, Green Bay, Wisconsin 54Ĭity of Green Bay and Green Bay/Brown County Professional Football Stadium District ![]()
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