Lambeau Field

Outdoor football stadium located in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

Lambeau Field is a stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The stadium is home to the Green Bay Packers, an American football team that plays in the National Football League. The stadium is named after the Packers' founder Curly Lambeau.

Lambeau Field
The Frozen Tundra / Titletown USA
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Former namesCity Stadium (1957–64)
Location1265 Lombardi Avenue, Green Bay, Wisconsin 54304
Coordinates44°30′5″N 88°3′44″W / 44.50139°N 88.06222°W / 44.50139; -88.06222
OwnerCity of Green Bay and Green Bay/Brown County Professional Football Stadium District
OperatorGreen Bay Packers
Capacity81,435
Record attendance72,740 (2007 NFC Championship) From Green Bay Packers website: http://www.packers.com/lambeau-field/stadium-info/history/records.html
SurfaceKentucky bluegrass reinforced with DD GrassMaster
Construction
StartedOctober 11, 1956[1]
OpenedSeptember 29, 1957
Renovated2014
Construction cost$960,000
($5.4 million in 2021 dollars[2])
$295 million (2003 Renovation)
($435 million in 2021 dollars[2])
ArchitectSomerville Associates
Ellerbe Becket (2003 renovation)
General contractorGeo. M. Hougard & Sons[3]
Tenants
Green Bay Packers (NFL) (1957–present)

References change

  1. "Green Bay Bowl Digging Started". The Milwaukee Journal. October 11, 1965. Archived from the original on May 22, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  2. 2.0 2.1 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  3. "Green Bay Packers news | Lambeau Field timeline". Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2012-03-13.

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